Novelist Walter Abish

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Walter Abish

Living place: Austria

Birthday: 24-12-1931 (93 years old)

Global rank: #98120

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Who is Novelist Walter Abish?
An Austro-American author of experimental novels and short stories, he is known for his 1980 novel, How Germany Is It. His other works include Alphabetical Africa, Eclipse Fever, and Meet Minds.
His novel, How Germany Is It, received the PEN/Faulkner Prize for Fiction.

Young / Before famous

He and his family fled the Nazis and moved to Italy and France before settling in China. He became an American citizen in 1960.

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He married Cecile Gelb, a photographer and artist.

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He and Charles R. Johnson both received MacArthur Fellowships.

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When was Novelist Walter Abish born?
Walter Abish birthday 24-12-1931 (at the age of 93).
Where is Novelist Walter Abish's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Walter Abish was born in Austria. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Walter Abish's global rank is 98120 and whose rank is 1334 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1931 and 24-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Walter Abish

  • Spain becomes a republic with the overthrow of King Alfonso XIII.
  • British parliament enacts the Statute of Westminster, legalizing dominion equality with Britain.
  • Mukden Incident begins Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
  • The planned capital of New Delhi opens in India.

Birthday Walter Abish (24-12) in history

  • Day 24-12 year 1524: The great Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama passed away in Cochin, India.
  • Day 24-12 year 1814: The war between Great Britain and the United States (1982) ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.
  • Day 24-12 year 1818: "Silent Night" was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.
  • Day 24-12 year 1865: The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee.
  • Day 24-12 year 1871: Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida premiered in Cairo, Egypt, at the opening of the Suez Canal.
  • Day 24-12 year 1943: Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander of Allied Forces by President Franklin Roosevelt.
  • Day 24-12 year 1992: President Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.
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