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Arnold Zweig
1887–1968
Best known for The Case of Sergeant Grischa, he turned his World War I experience into powerful fiction that challenged militarism and injustice. His life stretched from imperial Germany through exile in Palestine to his later years in East Berlin, giving his work unusual historical depth.
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Die Novellen um Claudia
by Arnold Zweig
About the author
Born on November 10, 1887, in Glogau, Silesia, Arnold Zweig became one of the major German-language writers shaped by the upheavals of the 20th century. He studied at several German universities and served in the German army during World War I, an experience that deeply changed him and helped turn him into a committed critic of war.
He is best known for The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1927), the novel that brought him wide international attention. The book forms part of his larger cycle of novels about World War I, where he explored the human cost of bureaucracy, violence, and blind obedience with clarity and sympathy.
As a Jewish writer, Zweig left Germany after the Nazis came to power and lived for years in Palestine before returning to Germany after World War II. He spent his later life in East Berlin, where he remained an important public literary figure until his death on November 26, 1968.