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Martin Johannes Walser (German: [ˈmaʁ.tiːn ˈvalˌzɐ] ⓘ; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, especially known as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was part of Group 47 from 1953.
Martin Walser, Frankfurter Buchmesse, 2013. Martin Johannes Walser (* 24. März 1927 in Wasserburg (Bodensee); † 26. Juli 2023 [ 1 ][ 2 ] in Überlingen) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Darstellung innerer Konflikte der Antihelden in seinen Romanen und Erzählungen.
Aug 8, 2023 · Martin Walser, among the last of a generation of acerbic, socially engaged novelists who dominated the German literary scene after World War II, died on July 26 in Überlingen, Germany, a city on...
Jul 28, 2023 · Famous German novelist and contentious intellectual Martin Walser, author of "A Runaway Horse," has died at the age of 96.
Martin Walser was born in Wasserburg on Lake Constance in 1927. A childhood in his parents’ inn and therefore growing up under National Socialism find literary expression in one of his most important and finest ever books, the autobiographical novel Ein springender Brunnen (A Gushing Fountain), which was published in 1998.
Jul 30, 2023 · With the death of Martin Walser, Germany loses one of its greatest post-war writers. The author of 'Death of a Critic' and 'Marriage in Philippsburg' died on July 28, in Uberlingen near his...
Jul 28, 2023 · Martin Walser was a German writer. He became famous for describing the conflicts his anti-heroes have in his novels and stories. In 1998 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in Frankfurt. He was also the father of authors Johanna Walser, Theresia Walser and Alissa Walser.
Aug 3, 2023 · Martin Walser, whose trenchant novels about contemporary Germany elevated him to the country’s pantheon of writers who emerged after World War II, even as he stoked controversy by challenging the...
Aug 16, 2023 · Martin Walser, the novelist who has died aged 96, was not well known outside his native Germany; yet he occupied a place in the postwar German literary pantheon alongside Günter Grass...
Mar 17, 2007 · Martin Walser has arguably been Germany’s most productive writer of international acclaim since World War II. There are few gaps in his bibliography which began in the late 1940s and early 1950s with short stories for post-war magazines and radio plays for regional broadcasters.
