20th and 21st Century Writers and Poets

20th and 21st Century Writers and Poets

Kafka

Franz Kafka 

Franz Kafka was born July 3, 1883 in Prague, Bohemia. He died June 3 1924. He was fluent in both German and Czech. He is referred to as one of the most influential authors of the 20^thcentury. Famous works are “Die Verwandlung”, “Der Prozess” as well as “Das Schloss”.  Franz Kafka was a lawyer before he became an author. Although he is now recognized as one of the most important writers of his time, most of his works were not published until after his death.

Musil

Robert Musil

Robert Musicl was born November 6, 1880 and died April 15^thof 1942. His novel “The Man Without Qualities” is thought of to be an important modernist novel; however, it is not a book that has been widely ready for several reasons. When he was a teenager his parents sent him away to a military boarding school and this is exhibited through his writing. He graduated as a Cadet, and then went to mechanical engineering. He also fought in World War I.

Wolfgang Herrndorf

Herrndorf

Wolfgang went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, where he attained a degree in illustrations. His first novel was published in 2002, however he didn’t become really famous until 2010 with his book “Tschick”. Later in 2011 he would accept the “Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair”, as well as the “German Book Prize” in 2012. Wolfgang killed himself August 26^th in 2013, after living with depression from the discovery of a malignant tumor in his brain back in 2010.

Schatzing

Frank Schatzing was born May 28^th, 1957. His best selling novel was released in 2004, “The Swarm”. He started writing in 1990, and his first book was published only shortly after in 1995. His novel “The Swarm” has received many awards such as: the Goldene Feder in 2005, Deutscher Science Fiction Preis in 2005, and the Corine in 2004.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Musil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sch%C3%A4tzing

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Herrndorf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/durs-grunbein

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jan-wagner