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  1. Robert Walser. Throughout his life, Robert Walser described himself as “infinitely unsuccessful”; eighty years after he vanished into psychiatric institutions, and fifty years after his death, Robert Walser has become a classic of modern Swiss literature.

  2. Mar 31, 2017 · Walser (18781956), whose stories appeared in the 2009 VICE Fiction issue, was known for his walking and his very beautiful, very short stories from the point of view of seemingly...

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  3. Jun 3, 2008 · An Introduction to Robert Walser. As a reader of Robert Walser for almost 30 years, Im pleased to host this discussion of the latest addition to the Walser corpus in English: The Assistant. Strange to think that this delightful, century-old book is now finding English-language readers for the very first time.

  4. Feb 11, 2015 · “Go out and walk. That is the glory of life,” Maira Kalman wrote in her magnificent illustrated memoir. In our recent conversation about, oh, life itself, Kalman introduced me to The Walk — a most unusual and rewarding 1917 piece by Swiss modernist writer Robert Walser (April 15, 1878–December 25, 1956).

  5. May 16, 2012 · Splendid, splendid. “Beautiful park, I think, beautiful park” ends another piece that Walser, filled with wonder, wrote in 1907. The crowds of people continually enthralled him. He would describe the mass as a collective whole and then break it apart, looking into the heart of the individuals, often providing the darker parts of the sketches.

  6. Prior to its relocation to Bern, the Robert Walser Archive was located at Beethovenstrasse 7, 8002 Zurich. The Robert Walser Archive collects all materials about the lives and works of Robert Walser and Carl Seelig.

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  8. The Robert Walser Centre is a public research and mediation centre dedicated to the works of Robert Walser and Carl Seelig. It features the literary estates of both writers, its purpose being to preserve, open up, research, mediate and expand its collections.

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