Martin Walser, German writer who argued for a new national identity after the Nazi past – obituary
His willingness to challenge taboos, such as the debate over how Germans should remember the Holocaust, sometimes landed him in trouble
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His willingness to challenge taboos, such as the debate over how Germans should remember the Holocaust, sometimes landed him in trouble
Journalist, writer and novelist who played a controversial role in the cultural life of postwar Germany
He won critical and commercial acclaim, but drew censure for comments on the Holocaust and antisemitic tropes in one of his novels.
Famous German novelist and contentious intellectual Martin Walser, author of "A Runaway Horse," has died at the age of 96.
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