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| + | '''Erich Maria Remarque''' (June 22, 1898 - September 25, 1970) is the pseudonym used by '''Erich Paul Remark''', a [[Germany|German]] [[World War I]] veteran and author of the | ||
| + | novel ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front]]'' (1929). | ||
| − | + | Born in Osnabrück in a [[Roman Catholic]] family of [[France|French]] ancestry, Remark volunteered for service in the Army at the outbreak of war<ref>Biography at [http://www.ilpotereelagloria.com/modules.php?name=Persone&rop=showcontent&id=157 ''Il Potere e la Gloria'']</ref> , and arrived on the front line in 1917. Within months he had been wounded, and spent the remainder of the war in the rear echelon.<ref>''Il Potere e la Gloria'', op cit.</ref> | |
| + | In 1933 the [[National Socialist German Workers Party|Nazi party]], on the orders of [[Joseph Goebbels]]<ref>''Il Potere e la Gloria'', op cit.</ref> banned the novel and ordered copies to be burned. Since 1931 he had been living in [[Switzerland]], and in 1939 he emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen there in 1947. In 1948 he returned to Switzerland, where he died in 1970. | ||
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Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 - September 25, 1970) is the pseudonym used by Erich Paul Remark, a German World War I veteran and author of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1929).
Born in Osnabrück in a Roman Catholic family of French ancestry, Remark volunteered for service in the Army at the outbreak of war[1] , and arrived on the front line in 1917. Within months he had been wounded, and spent the remainder of the war in the rear echelon.[2]
In 1933 the Nazi party, on the orders of Joseph Goebbels[3] banned the novel and ordered copies to be burned. Since 1931 he had been living in Switzerland, and in 1939 he emigrated to the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen there in 1947. In 1948 he returned to Switzerland, where he died in 1970.
References
- ↑ Biography at Il Potere e la Gloria
- ↑ Il Potere e la Gloria, op cit.
- ↑ Il Potere e la Gloria, op cit.