Robert Otto Walser (1878-1956)

Authors

Herbert L. Kaufman

Keywords

Swiss literature, microcosm, observation

Abstract

Walser, Robert Otto (1878-1956), Swiss feuilletonist novelist, and short-story writer, was born in Biel, canton Bern, the seventh of eight children. He left school at the age of 14 and worked for most of his life as a clerk in such places as Zurich, Wädenswil, Thun, Solothurn, Basel, and Stuttgart. After Walser's first book, Fritz Kochers Aufsätze (1904; Fritz Kocher's Essays) was published, he lived for some years with his brother Karl in Berlin.

Recommended Citation

Kaufman, Herbert L. (1982) "Robert Otto Walser (1878-1956)," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 18: Iss. 2, Article 22.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol18/iss2/22