Hans Fallada, German writer, 1893-1947

While in a sanatorium Fallada took to translation and poetry, albeit unsuccessfully, before finally breaking ground as a novelist in 1920 with the publication of his first book "Der junge Goedeschal" ("Young Goedeschal"). Some of Fallada's better known novels include "Little Man, What Now?" (1932) and "Every Man Dies Alone" (1947). His works belong predominantly to the New Objectivity literary style, a style associated with an emotionless reportage approach, with precision of detail, and a veneration for 'the fact'. Fallada's pseudonym derives from a combination of characters found in the Grimm's Fairy Tales: "Hans in Luck", and Falada the magical talking horse in "The Goose Girl".