Erich Maria Remarque-Peace Center Osnabrück
Erich Maria
Remarque-Exhibition
Erich Maria
Remarque-Archive
Erich Maria Remarque is one
of the best known and most widely read authors of German literature in the
twentieth century. He was born on June 22, 1898, in Osnabrück and he died on
September 25, 1970, in Locarno, Switzerland.
Remarque's
biography is essentially marked and his writing fundamentally influenced by
German history of the twentieth century: Childhood and youth in imperial
Osnabrück, World War I, the Weimar Republic, and most of all his exile in
Switzerland and the United States.
With
the novel All Quiet On the Western Front, first published in 1929,
Remarque attained world-wide recognition continuing today. Examples of his
other novels also internationally published are: The Road Back (1931), Three
Comrades (1936, 38), Arch of Triumph (1945), The Black Obelisk
(1956), and Night in Lisbon (1962). Remarque's novels have been
translated in more than fifty languages; globally the total edition comes up to
several million copies. Also, most of Remarque's novels were filmed - often
shortly after the publication of the book. Many of the films have become
classics in film history: Arch of Triumph (1948), A Time to Love and
a Time to Die (1958), and especially All Quiet On the Western Front
(1930), a film seen by most people throughout the world as the epitome of an
anti-war film.
The
complete works of Remarque are both highly interrelated with his Osnabrück
background and speaking thematically of a critical examination of German
history, whereby the preservation of human dignity and humanity in times of
oppression, terror and war always was at the forefront of his literary
creation. Remarque is therefore widely regarded as a credible representative of
a "different Germany".
The
Erich Maria Remarque-Archive is dedicated to scientific investigation of the
complete works of Remarque. The institution was founded in 1989 by the city of
Osnabrück in co-operation with the University of Osnabrück and is open to the
public. The visitor to the Remarque-Archive will find many different editions
of his novels and a range of secondary literature on the works of Remarque and
also an almost complete microfilm-copy of the written objects of his estate. In
the original the estate is held by its heir, the New York University of New
York.
In
addition, the Erich Maria Remarque Gesellschaft was founded in Osnabrück. The
aim of this literary association is to promote and support "humanistic
culture, art, sciences and research through cultivating Erich Maria Remarque's
heritage and range of thought". The association has approximately 140 members
at home and abroad; there are sections in Poland and Russia; readings, talks
and discussions are organized; and annually the Remarque-Jahrbuch/Yearbook is
published containing latest contributions to the international research on
Remarque.
See
also our List of Publications by and concerning Remarque, the chronological Table of Life and Works (English Site) of Erich Maria Remarque, the Catalog of the International Imprints (English site) of Erich Maria Remarque’s Writings and
the List of Writings (English Site) by Erich Maria Remarque.
For
further information please visit our much more detailed internet pages in
German or contact the Erich Maria Remarque-Peace Center:
Erich Maria Remarque-Peace Center
Markt 6
p.o. 44 69
D-49069 Osnabrück
Germany
Erich Maria
Remarque-Archive
phone: Germany-541-969-2430
fax: Germany-541-969-2431
hours: Tuesday + Thursday 9-12 a.m.; Tuesday to Thursday 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Erich Maria Remarque-Exhibition
phone: Germany-541-969-2448
hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. + 3-5 p.m.; Saturday + Sunday:
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Email: remarque-zentrum@uni-osnabrueck.de
