Frank Schirrmacher
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Frank Schirrmacher was a German journalist, literature expert and essayist, writer, and from 1994 co-publisher of the national German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Frank Schirrmacher
Martin Walser
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Martin Johannes Walser was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where he wrote and directed audio plays. He was a member of Gro
Frank Schirrmacher
…Newsweek named him one of Germany's leading intellectuals and Ray Kurzweil called Schirrmacher one of the "big thinkers". Schirrmacher's roasting of Martin Walser's novel Tod eines Kritikers in 2002 caused a stir in the German press. Schirrmacher claimed the book, which was seen as a roman à clef centering on…
Walser in 2013
Title page of Ein fliehendes Pferd
Walser at a reading in Germany, 1992
Walser (l.) and Grass at a meeting of members of Group 47, 2007