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Schmidt, Arno 1914-1979

Overview
Works: 659 works in 1,483 publications in 15 languages and 25,366 library holdings
Genres: Science fiction  Dystopias  Historical fiction  Satire 
Roles: Creator, Translator, Bibliographic antecedent, Other
Classifications: pt2638.m453, 833.914
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30 editions published between and 1997 in 5 languages and held by 512 libraries worldwide
Concerns a civil servant's unsuccessful bid to escape Nazi influence.
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61 editions published between and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 469 libraries worldwide
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19 editions published between and 2005 in German and English and held by 361 libraries worldwide
Three novellas on Germany from the Nazi era through the postwar years. In Scenes from the Life of a Faun, a civil servant tries to forget the war by researching the exploits of a deserter during the Napoleonic Wars, Brand's Heath is on a returning prisoner-of-war, and in Dark Mirrors the lone survivor of atomic warfare discovers he is not alone, but instead of bringing joy this brings fear. The usual sharply observed detail and sarcastic asides from an erudite writer (1914-1979). By the author of Collected Novellas.
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5 editions published in in English and held by 317 libraries worldwide
The works of a German experimental writer. In Caliban upon Setebos he writes : "GETT'IM! GETT'IM!!!"--Wedges of shrieking, and : "Sic, Kirby, sic!!!" : ándaándaánda=hØptohØptohØpto my synthetic soles sounded like castanets : GOspodin pomilui They definitely wouldn't take wergild! If only I didn't have to clamp my left arm like this - : "HAZZA! VITE=VITE!!!"
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18 editions published between and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 295 libraries worldwide
In the year 2014 envoys of the world's great powers hold a summit meeting in the home of William T. Kolderup and his granddaughter Suse in a German town near the Danish border.
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28 editions published between and 2004 in German and held by 282 libraries worldwide
Set in northern Germany during the 1950s, Karl Richter entertains his girlfriend with the story of two colonies on the moon - one American and the other Soviet - where the last survivors of World War III have fled.
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3 editions published in in English and Undetermined and held by 266 libraries worldwide
The first in a four-volume collection of one of the most influential writers of post-World War II Germany, often called the German James Joyce. In Lake Scenery with Pocahontas, he writes: "Think. Don't be content with belief: go further. Once more through the circles of knowledge friends! And foes. Don't interpret: learn and describe. Don't futurize: be. And die without ambitions: you were. At best full of curiosity."
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19 editions published between and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 237 libraries worldwide
Dix récits écrits entre août 1960 et mai 1963.
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19 editions published between and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 232 libraries worldwide
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3 editions published between and 2011 in English and held by 220 libraries worldwide
"The settings range from ancient Greece to 21st-century America, but all react to the stifling conservatism and cold prudery of Adenauer Germany."--Jacket.
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22 editions published between and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 211 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published between and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 206 libraries worldwide
Regroupe 28 récits écrits entre 1955 et 1962, représentatifs de l'oeuvre et du style de l'écrivain allemand mort en 1979.
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9 editions published between and 1985 in German and English and held by 196 libraries worldwide
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46 editions published between and 2010 in German and Undetermined and held by 178 libraries worldwide
The author speaks about the origin, structure, and purpose of his work entitled Zettels Traum. He responds to several questions posed by Dr. Christian Gneuss, and concludes by reading selections from his text.
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4 editions published in in English and held by 166 libraries worldwide
Two novels by a German writer earlier this century who specialized in experimental fiction. The first is a satire on historical research, while the second is a comedy on the colonization of the moon.
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9 editions published between and 1989 in German and English and held by 154 libraries worldwide
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11 editions published between and 1985 in German and English and held by 151 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 1985 in German and held by 151 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published between and 1985 in German and Undetermined and held by 125 libraries worldwide
 
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The Egghead republic : a short novel from the Horse latitudes
Alternative Names
Schmidt, A. 1914-1979
Schmidt, Arno Otto.
Schmidt, Arno Otto 1914-1979
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