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 to Thursday 9-12 a.m.; 1-3:30 p.m.
Erich Maria Remarque-Exhibition
phone: Germany-541-323-2109
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
