Austrian writer, best known as the author of "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" (1923), made into a classic Disney film, Bambi (1942).
In 1900 he published his first collection of short stories. In 1901 he initiated Vienna's first, short-lived literary cabaret Jung-Wiener Theater Zum lieben Augustin.
Now considered to be the anonymous author of a celebrated erotic novel, "Josephine Mutzenbacher: The Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself" (1906).
When he was four weeks old his family relocated to Vienna, Austria. Many Jews were emigrating to the city during the late 19th century, because Vienna had granted full citizenship to Jews in 1867.
When his father went bankrupt the 16-year-old Felix quit school and began working for an insurance agency.