Winfried Georg Sebald[1] (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, …

Dec 10, 2025 · W.G. Sebald was a German-English novelist, essayist, poet, and scholar who was known for his haunting, nonchronologically constructed stories. His best-known book is Austerlitz …

Jan 27, 2025 · Sebald was born in Bavaria in 1944, and his father served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. The timing of Sebald’s birth, and the complicity of his family with the Nazi regime …

Dec 14, 2011 · Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of one of contemporary literature’s most transformative figures. On December 14, 2001, the German writer W. G. Sebald suffered a heart …

Although Sebald lived in Britain for more than 30 years, he composed his work in German and then worked closely with his English translators. In his novels, he incorporated elements of travelogue, …

Jul 28, 2025 · Since his death in 2001, the reputation of W.G. Sebald has become formidable, even imposing. At times, he feels like a totem: the Western world’s last Absolutely Serious Writer.

Mar 17, 2009 · Sebald studied literature at the universities of Freiburg, Germany, Fribourg, Switzerland and Manchester. He became an assistant lecturer at the University of Manchester in 1966 and …

Dec 8, 2021 · W. G. Sebald: The salt works is an immense timber-frame structure. It’s no longer used for a practical purpose, has shifted a bit, and is considered unsafe. Mineral water cascades down …

Mar 22, 2025 · Sebald wrote in his book Vertigo of spending a day with Herbeck, hiking and having a meal, most of the day passing in silence. Here, he delves into Herbeck’s body of poetry, which he …

Aug 25, 2025 · Sebald wrote most of his essays and fiction works in German even though he lived and taught in England for more than 30 years, overseeing the translation into English of all his books.