author
Walter Bloem
1868–1951
A hugely popular German novelist in the early 20th century, he built his reputation on vivid historical and war fiction shaped by a strongly nationalist outlook. Trained as a lawyer, he also worked in the theater before devoting himself fully to writing.
4 Audiobooks
Komödiantinnen: Roman
by Walter Bloem
Der krasse Fuchs : Roman
by Walter Bloem
Das Land unserer Liebe : Roman
by Walter Bloem
Sommerleutnants : Die Geschichte einer achtwöchigen Übung
by Walter Bloem
About the author
Born in Elberfeld in 1868, Walter Bloem was a German writer who first studied law and worked as a lawyer before turning to literature. Reference works and biographical summaries also note that he spent time as a dramaturg and theater producer, giving his career a mix of legal, literary, and stage experience.
Bloem became one of the most widely read authors of his day. He is especially remembered for historical and war novels, including the trilogy Das eiserne Jahr, Volk wider Volk, and Die Schmiede der Zukunft, works that helped make him a major popular success in the years before the First World War.
His fiction is often described as expressing a distinctly German nationalist attitude, which is an important part of how he is understood today. He died in Lübeck in 1951, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both his broad popularity in his own era and the political ideas that shaped his writing.