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Ernst Jünger (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈjʏŋɐ]; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel.
Ernst Jünger (born March 29, 1895, Heidelberg, Ger.—died Feb. 16, 1998, Wilflingen) was a German novelist and essayist, an ardent militarist who was one of the most complex and contradictory figures in 20th-century German literature.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
If there is one German author who appears emblematic for the brutality of the First World War, the glorification of violence and the fascist reading of the wartime experience from 1914 to 1918, it is without doubt Ernst Jünger. His knowledge of life on the front line was virtually unparalleled among German writers.
Ernst Jünger (* 29. März 1895 in Heidelberg; † 17. Februar 1998 in Riedlingen) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, dessen Persönlichkeit und Werk durch die Teilnahme am Ersten Weltkrieg geprägt wurden. Er ist vor allem durch Kriegserlebnisbücher wie In Stahlgewittern, phantastische Romane und Erzählungen sowie verschiedene Essays bekannt.
Storm of Steel (German: In Stahlgewittern; original English title: In Storms of Steel) is the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger's experiences on the Western Front during the First World War from December 1914 to August 1918. The book is a graphic account of trench warfare.
Feb 17, 1998 · Ernst Jünger was a German writer. His book Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern) is considered one of the best-known literary accounts of the experience of the First World War.
Nov 3, 2010 · One of the most graphic accounts of World War I, the diary of German author Ernst Jünger, has been published for the first time. Its dispassionate description of life and death on the Western...
