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NAME: Erich Maria Remarque
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: June 22, 1898
DEATH DATE: September 25, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH: Osnabrück, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Locarno, Switzerland
Originally: Erich Paul Remark

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Novelist Erich Maria Remarque wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, which is perhaps the best-known and most representative novel dealing with World War I.

Erich Maria Remarque biography

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Novelist Erich Maria Remarque was drafted into the German army at the age of 18 and was wounded several times. After the war he worked as a racing-car driver and as a sportswriter while working on All Quiet on the Western Front. The book was an immediate international success. Remarque wrote several other novels. Some had popular success, but none achieved the critical prestige of his first book.

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