Josef Winckler (7 July 1881, Bentlage,
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt (district), Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.
Geography
Rheine is on the river Ems (river), Ems, about north of Münster ...
– 29 January 1966, Bensberg,
Bergisch Gladbach
Bergisch Gladbach () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district).
Geography
Bergisch Gladbach is east of the Rhine and abo ...
) was a German writer, best known for his 1923 comic novel ''
The Mad Bomberg'', which was turned into films in
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...
and
1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
. One of his other popular novels was ''Doctor Eisenbart'' (1929), based on the life of
Johann Andreas Eisenbarth
Johann Andreas Eisenbarth (March 27, 1663 – November 11, 1727 in Hann. Münden) was a German surgeon who was a native of Oberviechtach, Bavaria.
Eisenbarth was an oculist and barber-surgeon who specialized in treatment of cataracts, calculus (m ...
.
[Williams, Parker and Riordan p. 36]
References
Further reading
* Rhys W. Williams, Stephen Parker, Colin Riordan (ed.) ''German Writers and the Cold War 1945–61''. Manchester University Press, 1992.
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1881 births
1966 deaths
People from Rheine
People from the Province of Westphalia
20th-century German novelists
German male novelists
20th-century German male writers
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