Papers [manuscript]. 1920-1940.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1920-1940.

The collection contains manuscripts, typescripts and galley proofs of Wheen's translations, together with letters from Remarque, and Wheen's publishers, and a small number of books and pamphlets.

1 m. 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7073650

Libraries Australia

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Wheen, A. W. (Arthur Wesley), 1897-1971

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A. W. Wheen, Rhodes Scholar and winner of the Military Medal during World War I, was the translator of E. M. Remarque's novels, in particular All quiet on the Western Front. In later life Wheen worked as Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. He died in March 1971. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1920-1940. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225819094 ...

Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970

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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 ...