Literature · Film · 1898–1970
Born: 22 June 1898 · Died: 25 September 1970 · Age at death: 72
Erich Maria Remarque died aged 72. He was born on 22 June 1898 and died on 25 September 1970.
German novelist and First World War veteran who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, later banned and burned by the Nazis
Did you know?The Nazi party banned and publicly burned his books, eventually stripping him of his German citizenship in the late 1930s.
Erich Maria Remarque wrote the great anti-war novel of the 20th century. As a young soldier he was wounded on the Western Front in 1917. All Quiet on the Western Front, published in 1929, showed war through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. It became a worldwide bestseller. The Nazis hated it and burned his books. He fled to Switzerland and later to America. The film version of All Quiet won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Erich Maria Remarque (German:; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist.
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German novelist, 1898–1970
Erich Maria Remarque was born in Osnabrück on 22 June 1898.
He was wounded in the First World War.
All Quiet on the Western Front appeared in 1929.
He left Germany and settled in Switzerland.
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Did you know?The Nazis executed his sister Elfriede in 1943.
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