biography
pronunciation:
[valser]
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| male
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| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Wasserburg, by L Constance, S Germany. He studied literature, philosophy, and history at Tübingen, after which he worked as a radio and television director for Süddt. Rundfunk (1949–57). One of Germany's most significant contemporary literary figures, he uses Stuttgart and the area around L Constance as the background for many of his novels, which focus on contemporary issues and particularly on the German inability to acknowledge the Nazi past. The role of the individual in middle-class society and the search for identity and fulfilment are recurrent themes in his writing. He has also written plays, poetry, and essays. Awards include the Georg-Büchner-Preis (1981) and the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (1998). |
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