Author, Pacifist. He was a German Jewish writer, who originally attracted acclaim with his six novels based on his military experiences during World War I, which he called a sin. His 1927 anti-war novel "The Case of Sergeant Grischa" gained him international attention. The English translation became a "Book of the Month" in the United States. Following witnessing his books being burnt when the Nazi Forces came to power in Germany, he escaped to Palestine in 1933 and returning to East Berlin at his choice in 1948 after World War II. The USSR awarded him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1958 for his anti-war novels. He was a member of parliament, delegate to the World Peace Council Congresses and the cultural advisory board of the Communist Party. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
Author, Pacifist. He was a German Jewish writer, who originally attracted acclaim with his six novels based on his military experiences during World War I, which he called a sin. His 1927 anti-war novel "The Case of Sergeant Grischa" gained him international attention. The English translation became a "Book of the Month" in the United States. Following witnessing his books being burnt when the Nazi Forces came to power in Germany, he escaped to Palestine in 1933 and returning to East Berlin at his choice in 1948 after World War II. The USSR awarded him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1958 for his anti-war novels. He was a member of parliament, delegate to the World Peace Council Congresses and the cultural advisory board of the Communist Party. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times.
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