Jan Valtin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Valtin

German spy, Communist spy, Writer, American Soldier

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1905

Place of Birth: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1951

Profession: writer, spy, autobiographer

Nationality: United States, Sweden, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Richard Julius Hermann Krebs (December 17, 1905 - January 1, 1951), better known by his alias Jan Valtin, was a German writer during the interwar period.
He settled in the United States in 1938, and in 1940 (as Valtin) wrote his bestselling book Out of the Night.