Martin Walser

Martin Walser was born on March 24, 1927 in Wasserburg on Lake Constance. He read literary studies, history and philosophy at the universities of Regensburg and Tübingen and earned his PhD with a dissertation on Franz Kafka in 1951. From 1953, Walser was invited to the meetings of the Gruppe 47. His first novel Ehen in Philippsburg was published in 1957 and became a huge success, launching Walser's career as a writer. Martin Walser died on July 28, 2023 in Überlingen on Lake Constance.

Awards (selection)

Franz-Nabl-Preis 1993
Friedrich-Schiedel-Literaturpreis 1992
Ricarda-Huch-Preis 1990
Georg-Büchner-Preis 1981
Gerhart-Hauptmann-Preis 1962
Hermann-Hesse-Preis 1957
Preis der Gruppe 47 1955

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 1998

Martin WalserYear of Publication: 1998

A Gushing Fountain

»[T]his masterful novel by one of the foremost figures of postwar German literature is an indelible portrait of Nazism slowly overtaking and poisoning a small town. Semiautobiographical, it is...

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English world rights (Skyhorse), Chinese simplex rights (Zhejiang Literature & Art)

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Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (DAV)

Year of Publication: 1974

Martin WalserYear of Publication: 1974

Runaway Horse

»Helmut and Sabrina Halm have always managed vacations of lazy privacy in their favourite retreat on Germany’s Lake Constance. So when the energetic, handsome Klaus Buch turns up with his...

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Chinese simplex rights (Shanghai 99), Russia (Raduga), France (Gallimard), Japan (Dogakusha)

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Year of Publication: 1957

Martin WalserYear of Publication: 1957

Marriage in Philippsburg

»Out of Germany comes an impressive young novelist – Martin Walser – with this richly-detailed picture of postwar life in Philippsburg, a typical West German city. For ›marriage,‹ in Philippsburg,...

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Chinese simplex rights (Zhejiang Literature & Art), France (Librairie Plon)

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