Remarck Biography and Creativity

Erich Maria Remarck, Brief Biography Erich Maria Remarck, the most famous person of her time, who lived an interesting, eventful life. Childhood Erich M. Remarck, born on July day in the Osnabruk, received such a surname thanks to his great -grandfather, having French roots. Since childhood, the boy was interested in literature. There were enough books in his house, as his father worked as a bindingman.

Erich had an older brother who was often ill, because of which Erich’s mother could not pay due attention to him. Erich’s brother lived a short for 5 years a hard life and died. In addition to his brother, he also had 2 younger sisters: Erna and Elfrid. After the birth of the second Elfrida, the future writer went to school, where he was nicknamed "Pachkun." He began his homework and continued in Johannisshul.

Both schools were in their hometown. After graduating from school, Erich studied in the Catholic, and then, royal teacher's seminary, where F. met F., it was this friendship that influenced the future fate of Erich, inspiring to connect his life with literary activity. The years of the army in the year of Remarus were drafted into the army, where he served 3 years.

In these years, he changed his attitude to such life concepts as: love, friendship and war. In the service, he received three injuries, after which he was awarded with an iron cross of the 1st degree. He refused this award in the year, having quit from the service, after which he returned to the teacher's seminary, where he headed the SVV union of war veterans. The first publication of the novice writer was released in June.

It talked about the service of the young man: joys, life and difficulties.

In April of the same year, his 2nd publication came out - “I and you” after the death of his close friend in March. Erich’s mother died of cancer. He was very worried about the loss and, in a tribute to his mother’s memory, he took himself the second name - Maria. Since then, his name was Erich Maria Remarck. About the writer's work in February 14, after Erich’s father married, Remarck wrote the first novel “The attic of dreams” in his life.

He was published in the year. After a while, Erich began to be ashamed of his novel and bought up all the remaining specimens that he could find. Remarus never lingered for a long time in one position. Erich replaced the place of work quite often, and his pedagogical positions were replaced after months. The reason for this was his character and inability to adapt to a new environment and people.

The bosses, as a rule, did not like him. This was the reason that made him leave this profession forever. After Erich left the teacher’s post, he changed many posts teacher of the guitar, a trading employee, an accountant, a seller of tombstones before coming to his main purpose - to be a writer. Since the year, Remark began to work as a theater critic in publications where he wrote his first articles for the journal Echo Continetal.

In the year, he made up advertising texts, and in the magazine became the editor of the magazine. If we talk about love in the life of a remark, then he led a rather reckless image, often changing women. But some of them played a significant role in his life. Edith Durry, a lover, on whom Erich was not allowed to marry, contributed to him to receive the editor's place in “Shport to them Bild” in marriage, he was three times.

In August, Remarque began to write the novel "On the Western Front without Changes." This novel undertook to print the Ulstein publishing house, but with some conditions. The publishing house decided to be safe and drew up an agreement, according to which, with the failure of Roman Erich, it will be necessary to compensate for all expenses for the publication. Before the publication, the novel was distributed to various categories of readers, after which many comments followed.

The remark had to adjust some points in the novel. Only after that, on November 10, in the year, his novel was printed by excerpts. The success of his novel exceeded all expectations. A month later, about 30 thousand were gained. It was this book that was the best sold in Germany. Other most famous novels of the writer became the following: “Return”.