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Robert Walser

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Also known as Robert Otto Walser

Swiss writer (1878–1956)

Person · Open Library

Born
1878
Died
1956
Works
189

Top works

  • Gedichte, die glücklich machen
  • Prosastücke
  • Der Gehülfe
  • Keeping Time
  • Berlin gibt immer den Ton an

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1878
Active to
1956
audio dramagerman audiobook readerhas german audiobooks

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
63
Total plays
463

Robert Walser is an American musicologist associated with the "new musicology". He is author of the book Running With the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music, concerning heavy metal music. Walser is married to musicologist Susan McClary. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Walser">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1878-04-15 ) 15 April 1878, Biel/Bienne , Switzerland
Died
25 December 1956 (1956-12-25) (aged 78), near Herisau , Switzerland
Occupation
Writer
Literary movement
Modernism

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Official website
www.robertwalser.ch
Image
Robert Walser (cropped).jpg
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Robert Walser
date of birth
1878-04-15
date of death
1956-12-25
start of work period
1898-00-00
name in native language
Robert Walser
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Robert Walser ( Swiss Standard German: [ˈvalzər]; 15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Despite marginal early success in his literary career, the popularity of his work gradually diminished over the second and third decades of the 20th century, making it increasingly difficult for him to support himself through writing. He eventually had a nervous breakdown and spent the remainder of his life in sanatoria.

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