Eugen Gottlob Winkler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eugen Gottlob Winkler

German writer

Date of Birth: 01-May-1912

Place of Birth: Zürich, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1936

Profession: writer, literary critic

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Eugen Gottlob Winkler

  • Eugen Gottlob Winkler (1912, in Zürich – 1936, in Munich) was a German writer and essayist.
  • He grew up in Stuttgart and studied Germanistics, Romantic philology and art history at Munich, Paris, Tübingen and Cologne. Eugen Gottlob Winkler wrote criticism and essays in order to earn a basic livelihood and devote himself to literary pursuits without a conventional job.
  • Although he was in jail for several days in 1933, being accused of damaging a Nazi Party placard, he continued to write for numerous newspapers including Das Deutsche Wort, the Deutsche Zeitschrift, Bücherwurm and the Deutsche Rundschau.
  • In 1936, he committed suicide in Munich under still unclear circumstances.

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