Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970

Erich Maria Remarque (the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark) was a German-born writer most famous for his 1929 work All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues), which describes the brutality of World War I from a young soldier's perspective. His literary works include both novels and plays; several of his novels were made into films. Remarque was born in Osnabruck, Germany on June 22, 1898. As a young man, he served as a soldier in World War I and was wounded several times. His postwar works were controversial and were accused of being harmful to Germany's national pride; in 1933 they were banned by the Nazis. Remarque's German citizenship was revoked in 1938. He took up residence in Porto Ronco, Switzerland and lived there until emigrating to the United States in 1939. Remarque and his wife Ilse Jutta Zambona became American citizens in 1947. After divorcing his first wife, Remarque married a former Hollywood actress, Paulette Goddard, in 1958. Remarque and Goddard returned to Switzerland and lived there until Remarque's death on September 25, 1970. Remarque is buried in Ronco cemetery in Ronco Ticino, Switzerland. The collection also includes a small assortment of material related to the career of Hans Habe (also known as Janos Bekessy), a journalist and publisher. Habe was born in 1911. Like Remarque, Habe was persecuted by the Nazi government and his books were banned. He went into exile in France and eventually emigrated to the United States, where he became a citizen. Following the war Habe returned to Germany and founded a chain of newspapers. In 1953, Habe moved to Ascona, Switzerland, where he was a neighbor of Erich Maria Remarque. He died in 1977.

From the description of Erich Maria Remarque papers, 1938-1973. (University at Albany). WorldCat record id: 83865456

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