Martin Johannes Walser (; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for '' Süddeutscher Rundfunk'', where he wrote and directed

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s. He was a member of

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from 1953 on. His first novel, ''

Marriage in Philippsburg ''Marriage in Philippsburg'' (), also published in English as ''The Gadarene Club'', is the debut novel of the German writer Martin Walser, published in 1957. Plot The young man Hans Beumann leaves the countryside to try his luck in the city of ...

'', a satirical portrait of postwar society, became a success in 1957. Walser then turned to freelance writing. He published a trilogy of novels about the character Anselm Kristlein, beginning with ''Halbzeit'' in 1960, ''Das Einhorn'' (''The Unicorn'') in 1966 and ending with ''Der Sturz'' (''The Fall'') in 1973. Most of his major works have been translated into English, including the 1978 novella '' Runaway Horse'', which was successful with both readers and critics. He also wrote plays (''Die Zimmerschlacht''), screenplays, story collections and essays. Several of his books have been adapted to the screen, including ''Runaway Horse'' in 1986 and again in 2007. Walser received many awards, including the

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in 1981 and the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' Association in 1998. His acceptance speech for the Peace Prize caused controversy with Walser's remarks on German commemoration of the Holocaust. The "monumentalization of shame", he said, risks turning remembrance of the Holocaust into a "lip service" ritual. In 2002, Walser's portrayal of the literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki in his novel ' ("Death of a Critic") was regarded as anti-Semitic. Walser is regarded, along with

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, and

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, as one of Germany's most influential postwar authors.

Early life and education

Walser was born on 24 March 1927 in Wasserburg, on

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. His parents were coal merchants who also kept an inn next to the train station in Wasserburg. The second of three children, Walser lost his father at age ten. He described the environment in which he grew up in his novel '' A Gushing Fountain''. From 1938 to 1943 he attended the secondary school in

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, until his induction to the armed forces, initially as an auxiliary. According to documents released in June 2007, he became a member of the

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on 20 April 1944 at age 17. Walser denied that he knowingly entered the party, and assumed that he was enrolled by a garrison commander as part of a larger group without his knowledge. The claim was disputed by Hans-Dieter Kreikamp from the

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, who said that a personal signature was formally required, even in times of war. By the end of the Second World War, Walser was a soldier in the

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. After the war, he completed his in Lindau in 1946. He then studied literature, history, and philosophy at the

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and the

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, achieving his doctorate in literature in 1951 with a thesis on

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Career

While studying, Walser worked as a reporter for the '' Süddeutscher Rundfunk'' broadcasting company, and wrote and directed his first

s. He travelled to Czechoslovakia, England, France, Italy, and Poland as part of his job. In 1950 Walser married Katharina "Käthe" Neuner-Jehle; the couple had four daughters. Beginning in 1953, Walser was regularly invited to conferences of the

, which was focused on literature for a new democratic Germany. The group awarded him a prize for his story ''Templones Ende'' in 1955. His first novel, ''

'', was published in 1957. Like his later books, it was set in Southern Germany in a postwar society, and satirically portrayed the "conservative middle class" during the "so-called

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". The novel first appeared in English three years later as ''The Gadarene Club''. The book became a huge success, which enabled Walser to work as a freelance author and reside in

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. In 1958 Walser lived in the U.S. for three months and participated in the Harvard International Seminary. He returned to the U.S. several times, invited by American universities to observe political conditions there. Walser's most famous and best-selling work was the novella '' Runaway Horse'', published in 1978. It was both a commercial and a critical success, and was described as "Walser's most beautiful and mature book and a masterful, searing critique of society". In 2004 Walser left his long-time publisher

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for

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after the death of the Suhrkamp director . An unusual clause in his contract with Suhrkamp allowed him to take the publishing rights to all his works with him. According to Walser, a key reason for the switch was the lack of active support by Suhrkamp during the controversy over his novel ' (''Death of a Critic''). Walser was a member of the in Berlin, the , the in Darmstadt, and the German P.E.N. In 2007 the German political magazine placed Walser second on its list of the 500 most important German intellectuals, behind

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and ahead of Nobel Prize winner

Work

Walser's subjects were often broken heroes who found it difficult to live up to the requirements of society or their own expectations. Walser said: "I think that world literature is about losers. That's just the way it is. From Antigone to Josef K. — there are no winners, no champions. And furthermore, anyone can confirm that in their circle of acquaintances: People are always more interesting when they are losing than when they are winning." He wrote his most successful book, the novella ''Runaway Horse'', in just two weeks. Its protagonists are two very different men, former school friends who experience a mid-life crisis. Walser's books have been translated into many languages. In 2007 he gave many of his manuscripts to the

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for preservation. Some of them feature in a permanent exhibition at the Literaturmuseum der Moderne in Marbach, including ''Ein springender Brunnen''.

''Death of a Critic''

In his 2002 roman-à-clef ''Death of a Critic'', Walser, who disliked literary critics in general, denounced one of the most prominent in Germany, of the (''FAZ''). Critics characterized his portrayal as "playing on numerous anti-Semitic cliches". The novel caused a scandal, especially in view of Reich-Ranicki's Jewish heritage and Walser's former membership in the Nazi Party. The novel was hotly debated even before it was released. Frank Schirrmacher, editor of the ''FAZ'', refused to print an advance excerpt in the paper, as had traditionally been done for Walser's books. In May 2010, Reich-Ranicki commented in an interview with : "I don't think he is an anti-Semite. But it is important to him to demonstrate that the critic who allegedly tortured him most is also a Jew. He expects his public to follow him in this. You see, there never was an anti-Semitic line or remark from Grass, not one. And I certainly haven't written only positively about his books." After the scandal, Walser was not welcome in the U.S. for a long time.

Political engagement

Walser was known for his political activity. In 1961, he was the first literary writer to support the

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(SPD) in an election campaign. Martin Walser 1992

In 1964, Walser attended the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, and was involved in protests against the

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. During the late 1960s, Walser, like many German left intellectuals, including Günter Grass, supported

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for chancellor of West Germany. In the 1960s and 1970s, Walser moved further to the left and was considered a sympathizer of the DKP, the newly formed West German Communist Party. He was friends with leading German Marxists such as and even visited Moscow during this time. By the 1980s, Walser began shifting back to the political right. In 1988 he gave a series of lectures titled "Speeches about One's Own Country" in which he made clear that he considered the division of Germany a painful and intolerable gulf. This was also the topic of his story .

Personal life

In 1950, Walser married Katharina ("Käthe") Neuner-Jehle. The couple had four daughters: the actress Franziska Walser, the writer and painter

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, the writer Johanna Walser, and the writer Theresia Walser. German journalist

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is Walser's son from a relationship with translator Maria Carlsson. Walser died in Nussdorf on 26 July 2023, at age 96.

Awards

Walser was awarded the Hermann Hesse Prize in 1957 for his first novel. He received the

in 1981, the Ricarda Huch Prize of Darmstadt in 1990, the

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in 1998, and the

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in 2015 for his life's achievements, among many other awards.

Peace Prize of the German Book Trade

In 1998 Walser was awarded the

. His acceptance speech, given at St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt, invoked issues of historical memory and political engagement in contemporary German politics and unleashed a controversy that roiled German intellectual circles. Walser's acceptance speech was titled: "" (Experiences while drafting a soap box speech): At first the speech caused no great stir; the audience received the speech with applause, though

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, president of the

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, did not applaud, as confirmed by television footage of the event. Some days after the event, and again on 9November, the 60th anniversary of the pogrom against German Jews, Bubis accused Walser of "intellectual arson" () and claimed that Walser's speech was both "trying to block out history or, respectively, to eliminate the remembrance" and pleading "for a culture of looking away and thinking away". Then the controversy started. As described by Karsten Luttmer: Walser replied by accusing Bubis to have stepped ''out of dialogue between people''. Walser and Bubis met on 12 December to discuss the heated controversy and settle the dispute. Bubis withdrew his claim that Walser had been intentionally incendiary, and Walser maintained that his speech was unambiguous. They agreed that no appropriate language had yet been found to deal with Germany's past.

Works

Martin Walser auf dem Blauen Sofa der LBM 2012

Walser's books were published by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, until 2003. The publisher printed an edition of his works in 12 volumes in 1997. Beginning in 2004, Walser's works were published by Rowohlt, Reinbek. His works include: * ''Beschreibung einer Form: Versuch über die epische Dichtung Franz Kafkas'', dissertation (1951) * ', story collection (1955), * '' Ehen in Philippsburg'', novel (1957) – ''The Gadarene Club'' (1960) / ''Marriage in Philippsburg'' (1961) * ''Halbzeit'', novel (1960) , first part of the ''Anselm Kristlein'' trilogy * ', play (1962) – ''The Rabbit Race'' (1963) – adapted by

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, * ', play (1964) * ''Überlebensgroß Herr Krott: Requiem für einen Unsterblichen'' (1964) * ', story collection (1964) * ''Erfahrungen und Leseerfahrungen'' (1965) * ''Das Einhorn'', novel (1966) , second part of the ''Anselm Kristlein'' trilogy – ''The Unicorn'' (1971) * ''Der Abstecher'', ''Die Zimmerschlacht'', two plays (1967) ''Der Abstecher'' translated as – ''The Detour'' – by

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* ', essays and speeches (1968) * ', play in two acts (1970) * ''Fiction'', story (1970) * ''Aus dem Wortschatz unserer Kämpfe'' (1971) * ''Die Gallistl'sche Krankheit'', novel (1972) * ''Der Sturz'' (1973) , third part of the ''Anselm Kristlein'' trilogy * ''Das Sauspiel: Szenen aus dem 16. Jahrhundert'' (1975) * ', novel (1976) – ''Beyond All Love'' (1983) * '' Ein fliehendes Pferd'' (1978) – ''Runaway Horse: A Novel'' (1987) * ', novel (1979) – ''The Inner Man'' (1984) * ', novel (1980) – ''The Swan Villa'' (1983) * ''Selbstbewußtsein und Ironie'', Frankfurt lectures (1981) * ', novel (1982) – ''Letter to Lord Liszt'' (1985) * ''In Goethes Hand: Szenen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert'' (1982) * ''Liebeserklärungen'' (1983) * ', novel (1985) – ''Breakers: A Novel'' (1988) * ''Meßmers Gedanken'' (1985) * ''Geständnis auf Raten'' (1986) * ''Die Amerikareise: Versuch, ein Gefühl zu verstehen'' (with , Kunstverlag Weingarten, 1986) * ''Dorle und Wolf'', novella (1987) – ''No Man's Land'' (1988) * ', novel (1988) * ''Über Deutschland reden'' (1988) * ', novel (1991) * ''Das Sofa'' (written 1961, published 1992) * ', novel (1993) * ''Vormittag eines Schriftstellers'' (1994) * ''Kaschmir in Parching: Szenen aus der Gegenwart'' (1995) * ', novel (1996) * ''Deutsche Sorgen'' (1997) * ''Heimatlob: Ein Bodensee-Buch'', illustrated book about Lake Constance (with Ficus,

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, 1998) * '' Ein springender Brunnen'', novel (1998) – ''A Gushing Fountain'' (2015) * ', novel (2000) * ', novel (2002) * ''Meßmers Reisen'' (2003) * ', novel (2004) * ''Die Verwaltung des Nichts'', essays (2004) * ''Leben und Schreiben: Tagebücher 1951–1962'', diaries (2005) * ''Angstblüte'', novel (2006) * ''Der Lebensroman des Andreas Beck'', novel about (Edition Isele, Eggingen, 2006) * ''Das geschundene Tier'', 39 ballads (2007) . * ''The Burden of the Past: Martin Walser on Modern German Identity'' (in English, 2008), , * '' Ein liebender Mann'', novel about the aging Goethe (2008) – ''A Man in Love'' * ''Leben und Schreiben. Tagebücher 1963–1973'', diaries (2008) . * ''Mein Jenseits'', novella (Berlin University Press, 2010) . * ''Leben und Schreiben. Tagebücher 1974–1978'', diaries (2010) * ''Muttersohn'' novel (2011) * ''Meine Lebensreisen'' (Corso, Hamburg, 2012) * ''Über Rechtfertigung, eine Versuchung: Zeugen und Zeugnisse'' (2012) * ''Das dreizehnte Kapitel'' (2012) * ''Meßmers Momente'' (2013) * ''Die Inszenierung'' (2013) * ''Shmekendike blumen. Ein Denkmal / A dermonung für Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh.'' (2014) * ''Schreiben und Leben. Tagebücher 1979–1981'', diaries (2014) * ''Ein sterbender Mann'' (2016) * ''Statt etwas, oder Der letzte Rank'' (2017) * ''Ewig aktuell : aus gegebenem Anlass.'' (2017) * with

: ''Das Leben wortwörtlich. Ein Gespräch.'', conversation (2017) * ''Gar alles oder Briefe an eine unbekannte Geliebte.'' (2018) * ''Spätdienst. Bekenntnis und Stimmung'', with illustrations by Alissa Walser (2018) * ''Mädchenleben oder Die Heiligsprechung. Legende.'' (2019) * ''Sprachlaub oder: Wahr ist, was schön ist'' (2021) * ''Das Traumbuch. Postkarten aus dem Schlaf'', with

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(2022)

Film scripts

* ''Chiarevalle wird entdeckt'', directed by Hannes Tannert (1963, TV film) * '' Das Unheil'' (''Havoc''), directed by

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(1972) * ''

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'', directed by

(1975) * ''

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: '', 1989 episode directed by * ''Tassilo'', directed by (1991, TV series, 6 episodes)

Films of Walser's novels and plays

* ''Der Abstecher'', directed by (1962, TV film, based on the play of the same name) * ''Eiche und Angora'', directed by (1964, TV film, based on the play of the same name) * ''Eiche und Angora'', directed by (East Germany, 1965, TV film, based on the play of the same name) * ''Die Zimmerschlacht'', directed by

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(1969, TV film, based on the play of the same name) * ''Überlebensgroß Herr Krott'', directed by Martin Batty and Karl Vibach (1971, TV film, based on the play of the same name) * '' Das Einhorn'', directed by

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(1978, based on the novel of the same name) * ', directed by Alf Brustellin (1979, based on the novel of the same name) * ', directed by

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(1986, TV film, based on the novella of the same name) * ''Alles aus Liebe: Säntis'', directed by (1986, TV series episode, based on the story ''Säntis'') * ''Ohne einander'', directed by (2007, TV film, based on the novel of the same name) * ', directed by

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(2007, based on the novella of the same name)

Notes

References

External links

Audio clip from the novel "Ein liebender Mann" (2008), read out on Literaturport.de by Martin Walser himself (in German)

Audio clip from the novel "Angstblüte" (2006) on Literaturport.de (in German)
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