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Josef Winckler

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Josef Winckler
Winckler in 1925
Born7 July 1881
Bentlage (Rheine), German Empire
Died29 January 1966
OccupationWriter

Josef Winckler (7 July 1881, Bentlage, Rheine – 29 January 1966, Bensberg, Bergisch Gladbach) was a German writer, best known for his 1923 comic novel The Mad Bomberg, which was turned into films in 1932 and 1957. One of his other popular novels was Doctor Eisenbart (1929), based on the life of Johann Andreas Eisenbarth.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Parker and Riordan p. 36

Further reading

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  • Rhys W. Williams, Stephen Parker, Colin Riordan (ed.) German Writers and the Cold War 1945–61. Manchester University Press, 1992.
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