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Wolfgang Koeppen

Born

in Greifswald, Germany

June 23, 1906

Died

March 15, 1996

Genre

Literature & Fiction

Influences

James Joyce, Alfred Döblin, William Faulkner, Marcel Proust, John Dos ...more

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Wolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen (June 23, 1906 – March 15, 1996) was a German novelist and one of the best known German authors of the post-war period.
Koeppen was born out of wedlock in Greifswald, Pomerania to Marie Köppen, a seamstress who also worked as a prompter at the Greifswald theater. He did not have contact with his father, ophthalmologist Reinhold Halben, who never formally accepted the fatherhood. In 1920, Koeppen left Greifswald permanently, and after 20 years of moving about, settled in Munich, living there the remainder of his life.
He started out as a journalist. In 1934 his first novel appeared while he was in the Netherlands. In 1947, Koeppen received a book contract to rewrite the memoirs of the philatelist and Holocaus ...more

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Wolfgang Koeppen’s books

Average rating: 3.38 · 3,719 ratings · 321 reviews · 68 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tauben im Gras 3.19 avg rating — 2,417 ratings — published 1951	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in Rome by Wolfgang Koeppen, Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 1954 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hothouse by Wolfgang Koeppen, Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1953 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sad Affair by Wolfgang Koeppen, Michael Hofmann 3.41 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1934 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jugend 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch. 3.79 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1948 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drei Romane. Tauben Im Gras; Das Treibhaus; Der Tod In Rom 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amerikafahrt 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nach Russland und anderswohin: Empfindsame Reisen 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1961 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romanisches Café: Erzählende Prosa 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Wolfgang Koeppen

Trilogy of Failure (3 books)
by

Wolfgang Koeppen,

Michael Hofmann (Translator)

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Quotes by Wolfgang Koeppen (?)

“Knurrewahn hatte viel durchgemacht; aber er war nicht weise geworden.”
― Wolfgang Koeppen, The Hothouse

tags: wisdom

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“The horse had a fly-net over its head and ears. It looked down on the paving-stones with the empty disappointed expression of an old moral theologian. Whenever the guide spat between his shoes, the horse shook his head in disapproval.”
― Wolfgang Koeppen, Death in Rome

tags: horse, moral, spitting, theologian

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“Emmi sprach zu Hillegonda vom Tod, um ihr die Nichtigkeit des Lebens zu beweisen, und sie führte sie in die hohen dunklen Kirchen, um ihren Sinn auf die Ewigkeit zu lenken, aber die kleine Hillegonda schauderte vor dem Tod und fror in den Kirchen.”
― Wolfgang Koeppen

tags: catholicism

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