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Remarque was a german author who created many works, with his bestknown novel being all quiet on the western front. The promised land 1970 was his last novel before death. He received an education in private catholic schools and subsequently enrolled in a training school for teachers, which he attended until he was conscripted into the german army. Complete summary of erich maria remarque s the spark of life. Erich maria remarque viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure. Erich maria remarque the greatest literature of all time. Spark of life by erich maria remarque 2014, paperback for. Erich remarque dedicated his novel about life in a concentration camp, spark of life, to his late sister. Remarque, erich maria international encyclopedia of the first. All quiet on the western front, which became perhaps the bestknown and most representative novel dealing with world war i remarque was drafted into the german army at the age. The german author erich maria remarque 18981970 was a popular novelist whose all quiet on the western front was the most successful german best seller on the subject of the soldiers life in world war i. Novels and eyewitness accounts buchenwald memorial.
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During world war i, he was wounded by shrapnel, and sent to an army hospital in germany where he spent the rest of the war. Erich maria remarque was a german writer and pacifist who. Erich maria remarque author erich maria remarque was a german author and veteran of the first world war. September 25, 1970 locarno, switzerland germanborn american author. Essays and criticism on erich maria remarque, including the works all quiet on the western front, arch of triumph, the spark of life magills survey of world literature. For ten years, he has persevered in the most hellish conditions. The first edition of the novel was published in 1952, and was written by erich maria remarque.
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