Along with Walter Hasenclever and Kurt Pinthus he edited the expressionist Der J?ngste Tag until 1914 and published the war poems Der Gerichttag in 1919.  
His inspiration for his most famous work came from the solace he found in Lourdes while escaping the Nazis.  Along with Walter Hasenclever and Kurt Pinthus he edited the expressionist Der J?ngste Tag until 1914 and published the war poems Der Gerichttag in 1919.  He also wrote several plays including Juarez and Maximilian and Goat Song, but is most famous for his novels, including The Pure in Heart and 1934's The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.  His most famous novel became an Oscar-winning film in 1943 starring Jennifer Jones.  FTP, identify this Austrian Jewish writer of The Song of Bernadette.
His inspiration for his most famous work came from the solace he found in Lourdes while escaping the Nazis.  
Franz Werfel