Robert Walser

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Robert Walser (* 15. April 1878 in Biel, Kanton Bern; † 25. Dezember 1956 nahe Herisau, Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden) war ein deutschsprachiger Schweizer Schriftsteller. Walser verfasste vier Romane – *Jakob von Gunten, Geschwister Tanner, Der Gehülfe* und *Der Räuber* –, die längere Erzählung *Der Spaziergang* sowie Kurzgeschichten und Essays. Er gilt als bedeutender Vertreter der literarischen Moderne und der sogenannten Angestelltenliteratur. Seine unkonventionellen, teils rätselhaft wirkenden Werke wurden von Zeitgenossen wie Walter Benjamin, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil und Kurt Tucholsky geschätzt. Trotz Anfangserfolgen blieb Robert Walser der kommerzielle Durchbruch verwehrt. Den grössten Teil seines Lebens verbrachte er in Armut. Nach psychischen Problemen lebte er von 1929 bis zu seinem Tod in Heil- und Pflegeanstalten. Heute gilt er als einer der wichtigsten Schweizer Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts, und sein Werk wird international rezipiert. ---------- Robert Walser (born April 15, 1878, in Biel, Canton of Bern; died December 25, 1956, near Herisau, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden) was a German-language Swiss writer. Walser wrote four novels—*Jakob von Gunten, The Tanner Siblings, The Assistant,* and *The Robber*—as well as the novella The Walk, short stories, and essays. He is considered a significant figure in literary modernism and the so-called "white-collar" literature. His unconventional, sometimes enigmatic works were appreciated by contemporaries such as Walter Benjamin, Hermann Hesse, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, and Kurt Tucholsky. Despite initial success, Robert Walser never achieved commercial success. He spent most of his life in poverty. After suffering from mental health problems, he lived in psychiatric hospitals and nursing homes from 1929 until his death. Today, he is considered one of the most important Swiss writers of the 20th century, and his work is internationally acclaimed.

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Der Spaziergang
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O paseo
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O paseo
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Little Snow Landscape
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Vie de poète
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Gedichte 1909/1919. Komodie. Die Gedichte
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Jakob Von Gunten
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El quadern de Fritz Kocher
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El quadern de Fritz Kocher
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El quadern de Fritz Kocher
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Girlfriends, ghosts, and other stories
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The Christopher Small Reader
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Desde la oficina
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Los hermanos Tanner. - 2. edición
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»Das Beste, was ich über Musik zu sagen weiß«
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Fairy Tales
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De wandeling
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L'ajudant
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Der Teich
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Keeping Time
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Gedichte, die glücklich machen
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A schoolboy's diary and other stories
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Yardimci
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Ayudante, El
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