After abandoning his studies at age 14, Walser took accounting lessons and attempted unsuccessfully to become an actor. ), Robert Walser. He took up various humble occupations—butler, clerk, assistant librarian, and bookseller. Frankfurt: Insel, 1980, by Robert Walser, Translated from the German and with an introduction by Christopher Middleton New York Review Books, 176 pp., $12.95 (paper) On Christmas Day, 1956, the police of the town of Herisau in eastern Switzerland were called out: children had stumbled upon the body of a man, frozen to death, in a snowy field. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Robert Walser. Funeral Home Services for Robert are being provided by Davidson Funeral Home. Robert Walser passed away in Linwood, North Carolina. Robert Frank, Ferne Nähe / Distant Closeness. Výraznou postavou byl Robertův dědeček, farář Johann Ulrich Walser (1798–1866), který pocházel z kantonu Appenzell a věnoval se mimo jiné také politice a svobodomyslnému žurnalismu. Robert Walser se narodil roku 1878 ve švýcarském Bielu v rodině malého obchodníka, který jen stěží zvládal uživit ženu a osm dětí. Explore Robert Walser's biography, personal life, family and cause of death. Robert Walser’s narrators are always praising obedience and punishment. Leben und Werk in Daten und Bildern. The obituary was featured in Salisbury Post on October 14, 2019. Robert Walser als Grenzgänger der Gattungen. Život Dětství a učení. His life was Band 3), 2012. The Assistant by Robert Walser—who was admired greatly by Kafka, Musil, Walter Benjamin, and W. G. Sebald—is now presented in English for the very first time.. Robert Walser is an overwhelmingly original author with many ardent fans: J.M.

Heidelberg: Winter, 2011. Hommage für / A Tribute to Robert Walser (= Schriften des Robert Walser-Zentrums.

Elio Fröhlich y Peter Hamm (eds. Robert Walser, Swiss poet and novelist hailed after his death as a genius. Robert Walser, a German-Swiss prose writer and novelist, enjoyed high repute among a select group of authors and critics in Berlin early in his career, only to become nearly forgotten by the time he committed himself to the Waldau mental clinic in Bern in January 1929.