author
Jakob Wassermann
1873–1934
A major German-language novelist of the early 20th century, he was admired for intense, morally charged stories that reached a wide audience in the 1920s and early 1930s. His work often mixed psychological tension, social observation, and big questions about justice and identity.
24 Audiobooks
Die Schwestern: Drei Novellen
by Jakob Wassermann
Der Wendekreis - Erste Folge: Novellen
by Jakob Wassermann
Der niegeküßte Mund: Drei Erzählungen
by Jakob Wassermann
Der goldene Spiegel: Erzählungen in einem Rahmen
by Jakob Wassermann
Die Schaffnerin; Die Mächtigen: Novellen
by Jakob Wassermann
Caspar Hauser; oder, Die Trägheit des Herzens, Roman
by Jakob Wassermann
Der Wendekreis - Zweite Folge : Oberlins drei Stufen, Sturreganz
by Jakob Wassermann
Der Moloch
by Jakob Wassermann
Imaginäre Brücken: Studien und Aufsätze
by Jakob Wassermann
Schläfst du Mutter?; Ruth. Novellen
by Jakob Wassermann
Engelhart Ratgeber: Roman
by Jakob Wassermann
Olivia oder Die unsichtbare Lampe
by Jakob Wassermann
Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude
by Jakob Wassermann
Melusine: Ein Liebesroman
by Jakob Wassermann
The Goose Man
by Jakob Wassermann
Deutsche Charaktere und Begebenheiten
by Jakob Wassermann
The World's Illusion, Volume 2 (of 2): Ruth
by Jakob Wassermann
Die ungleichen Schalen: Fünf einaktige Dramen
by Jakob Wassermann
Der Mann von vierzig Jahren
by Jakob Wassermann
The World's Illusion, Volume 1 (of 2): Eva
by Jakob Wassermann
Die Prinzessin Girnara: Weltspiel und Legende
by Jakob Wassermann
Kertomisen taito
by Jakob Wassermann
Die Masken Erwin Reiners : Roman
by Jakob Wassermann
Die Juden von Zirndorf : Roman
by Jakob Wassermann
About the author
Born in Fürth, Bavaria, on March 10, 1873, Jakob Wassermann became one of the most widely read German-language writers of his time. He came from a Jewish family, lost his mother when he was young, and turned toward literature early, even though that path was not strongly encouraged at home.
He built his reputation through novels and shorter fiction, and sources describe him as a writer known for moral seriousness, strong storytelling, and broad popular appeal. Among the works most often singled out are The Jews of Zirndorf, Caspar Hauser, and The World’s Illusion (Christian Wahnschaffe), books that helped establish him as a major literary figure in the years before and after World War I.
Wassermann died in Altaussee, Austria, on January 1, 1934. Although he had been a best-selling author, his books were banned in Germany after the Nazi rise to power, which gives his career a particularly poignant place in literary history.