Erich Kästner
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Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and
Erich Kästner, 1961
Birthplace – memorial plaque
Erich Kästner (left) in the Englischer Garten, Munich, 1968
The grave of Erich Kästner and Luiselotte Enderle in the Bogenhausen Cemetery in Munich
Fabian: The Story of a Moralist is a 1931 novel by German author Erich Kästner. An English translation was published by the New York Review Books Classics in 2012 as Going to the Dogs: The Story of a
Erich Kästner
…was dissatisfied with the screenplay, and that led him to become a screenwriter for the Babelsberg film studios. Kästner's only major adult novel, Fabian: The Story of a Moralist, was published in 1931. Kästner included rapid cuts and montages in it, in an attempt to mimic cinematic style. Fabian, an unemployed literary expert…
Cover of the 1931 edition