author
Ernst Jünger
1895–1998
A decorated First World War veteran who turned his battlefield experience into some of the 20th century’s most striking war writing, he remained a provocative presence in German literature for decades. His books move between memoir, diary, essay, and fiction, often exploring danger, technology, memory, and the pressures of modern life.
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In Stahlgewittern, aus dem Tagebuch eines Stoßtruppführers
by Ernst Jünger
About the author
Born in Heidelberg on March 29, 1895, Ernst Jünger became one of Germany’s most influential and controversial writers. As a young man he briefly joined the French Foreign Legion, then volunteered for the German army in the First World War. His experience on the Western Front shaped his life and work, especially Storm of Steel, the book that first made his name.
Jünger wrote across many forms, including memoir, novels, essays, and extensive diaries. Alongside his literary career, he was also known for his deep interest in entomology. Readers often return to his work for its vivid style and its intense attention to war, risk, perception, and the strange beauty he sometimes found in extreme experience.
His long life stretched from the German Empire into the late 20th century; he died on February 17, 1998, at the age of 102. That remarkable span gives his writing an unusual historical reach, and it helps explain why he remains such a debated and fascinating figure.