Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque
Remarque in 1929
Born	Erich Paul Remark (1898-06-22)22 June 1898 Osnabrück, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	25 September 1970(1970-09-25) (aged 72) Locarno, Switzerland
Occupation	Novelist
Citizenship	Germany (1898–1938) Stateless (1938–1947) United States (1947–1970)
Spouse	Ilse Jutta Zambona ​ ​ (m. 1925; div. 1930)​ Ilse Jutta Zambona ​ ​ (m. 1938; div. 1957)​ Paulette Goddard ​ (m. 1958)​

Erich Maria Remarque (/rəˈmɑːrk/, German: [ˈeːʁɪç maˈʁiːa ʁəˈmaʁk] ^ⓘ;^[1] born Erich Paul Remark;^[2] 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, an international bestseller which created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. The book was adapted to film several times. Remarque's anti-war themes led to his condemnation by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as "unpatriotic." He was able to use his literary success and fame, to relocate to Switzerland as refugee, and to the United States, where he became a Naturalized citizen.