Erich Maria Remarque
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, World War I
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front, a realistic account of a soldier’s life during World War I, was perhaps the most widely read and highly influential war novel of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Early Life
Erich Paul Remark, as he was known before changing his name to Erich Maria Remarque in 1920, was born on June 22, 1898, in Osnabrück, Germany. His father was a bookbinder. The family was poor and moved often; as a result, young Erich attended several different schools.
Remarque was talented in music,...
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