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Winfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was according to The New Yorker ”widely recognized for his extraordinary contribution to world literature.”
Dec 14, 2011 · On December 14, 2001, the German writer W. G. Sebald suffered a heart attack while driving and was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a truck.
May 14, 2024 · W.G. Sebald (born May 18, 1944, Wertach, Allgäu, Germany—died December 14, 2001, Norwich, England) was a German-English novelist and scholar who was known for his haunting, nonchronologically constructed stories.
Oct 12, 2021 · W.G. Sebald is probably the most revered German writer of the second half of the 20th century. His best-known books — “The Emigrants,” “The Rings of Saturn,” “Austerlitz,” published here...
Learn about the life and work of W. G. Sebald, a German poet and prose writer who engaged themes of memory, history, and silence. Explore his novels, essays, and poetry collections, translated into English by various translators.
Dec 8, 2021 · A rare conversation with the German-born English writer of The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn, who explores the dark history and memory of Europe. Sebald discusses his influences, his style, his themes, and his views on writing and life.
Oct 14, 2021 · On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work. Carole Angier Considers How History Shaped Sebald as a Writer. By Carole Angier. October 14, 2021. How far must one go back, Sebald asked in After Nature, to find the beginning? And answered: perhaps to the morning of January 9, 1905, when his grandparents drove in an open landau to the nearest town to be married.
