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W. G. Sebald was a German writer and academic who explored themes of memory, loss and decay in his works. He died in a car accident in 2001, after publishing Austerlitz, a novel about the Holocaust and European history.
Dec 14, 2011 · On December 14, 2001, the German writer W. G. Sebald suffered a heart attack while driving and was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a truck. He was fifty-seven years old, having lived ...
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Jul 20, 2024 · W.G. Sebald was a German-English author of prose fiction, essays, and poetry. He explored themes of memory, history, and the Holocaust in his works, such as The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, and Austerlitz.
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Oct 12, 2021 · W.G. Sebald is probably the most revered German writer of the second half of the 20th century. His best-known books — “The Emigrants,” “The Rings of Saturn,” “Austerlitz,” published ...
May 29, 2017 · Illustration by Seth. I met W. G. Sebald almost twenty years ago, in New York City, when I interviewed him onstage for the PEN American Center. Afterward, we had dinner. It was July, 1997; he was ...
Nov 20, 2021 · Max Norman reviews Carole Angier’s book “Speak, Silence,” the first major biography of the German English author W. G. Sebald, whose works include the novels “The Emigrants,” “The ...
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Dec 8, 2022 · A rare conversation with the German-born English writer of The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn, who explores the dark history and memory of Europe. Sebald discusses his influences, his style, his themes, and his views on writing and life.
