Paulo Freire
Brazilian educator and philosopher (1921-1997)
W. G. Sebald
German writer and academic (1944-2001)
Winfried Georg SebaldMax Sebald, was a German writer and academic.
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About the W. G. Sebald
Winfried Georg SebaldMax Sebald, was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was according to The New Yorker “widely recognized for his extraordinary contribution to world literature.”
4 Quotes by W. G. Sebald
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
W. G. SebaldGerman writer and academic (1944-2001)
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The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.
W. G. SebaldGerman writer and academic (1944-2001)
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People’s ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
W. G. SebaldGerman writer and academic (1944-2001)
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don’t trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
W. G. SebaldGerman writer and academic (1944-2001)