Martin Walser

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-03-24

Deathday

2023-07-26 (96 years old)

Birth Name

Martin Johannes Walser

Birth Place

Wasserburg (Bodensee), Germany

Children

Jakob Augstein, Johanna Walser, Franziska Walser, Theresia Walser, Alissa Walser

Citizenships

West Germany, Bavaria, Germany

Awards

Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Georg Büchner Prize, Hermann-Hesse-Preis, Honorary Award of the Heinrich Heine Society, Friedrich Nietzsche Prize, Ricarda-Huch-Preis, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, Alemannischer Literaturpreis, Bodensee-Literaturpreis, Franz Nabl Prize, Friedrich-Schiedel-Literaturpreis, Carl Zuckmayer Medal, Schiller Memorial Prize, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, Gerhart Hauptmann prize, Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Pour le Mérite