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 (www.remarque-gesellschaft.de) 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
D-49074 Osnabrück
Germany
Erich Maria Remarque-Archive
phone: Germany-541-969-2440
Erich Maria
Remarque-Exhibition
phone: Germany-541-323-2109
hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. + 2-5 p.m.; Saturday + Sunday:
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Email: remarque-zentrum@uni-osnabrueck.de
