Interview With Martin Walser

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MARTIN WALSER WAS BORN IN Wasserburg (Bodensee) on Lake Constance in 1927 His parents were inn-keepers and also owners of a small coal business. As a result, Martin Walser was surrounded by the local folk during his early youth. He listened to them talk, became fascinated with their speech patterns, their intonations, their peculiar way of stating ideas, their emotions and their simple and earthy mannerisms. Itinerant acting companies, choral societies and traveling circuses also attracted his attention. When Martin Walser's father died, the young man, at an early age, was obliged to help out at the inn and in the family's coal business.

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