Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque
Remarque in 1929
Remarque in 1929
BornErich Paul Remark
(1898-06-22)22 June 1898
Osnabrück, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died25 September 1970(1970-09-25) (aged 72)
Locarno, Switzerland
OccupationNovelist
Citizenship
  • Germany (1898–1938)
  • Stateless (1938–1947)
  • United States (1947–1970)
Spouse
Ilse Jutta Zambona
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(m. 1925; div. 1930)​
Ilse Jutta Zambona
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(m. 1938; div. 1957)​
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(m. 1958)​

Erich Maria Remarque (/rəˈmɑːrk/, German: [ˈeːʁɪç maˈʁiːa ʁəˈmaʁk] ⓘ;[1] born Erich Paul Remark;[2] 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. The book was adapted to film several times. Remarque's anti-war themes led to his condemnation by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as "unpatriotic". He was able to use his literary success and fame to relocate to Switzerland as a refugee, and to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen.

  1. ^ "Remarque". Duden Online. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ "People| Goethe-Institut UK". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 3 October 2022.