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Walter Moers

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German comic creator and writer (born 1957)

GermanyWritersBorn 1957 · age 69
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Walter Moers is a German comic artist, illustrator and writer. He is the creator of the character of Captain Bluebear and became a best-selling author in Europe with his Zamonia novels.

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Walter Moers
said · 2004
Own words

It’s not a story for people with thin skins and weak nerves, whom I would advise to replace this book on the pile at once and slink off to the children’s section. Shoo!

Chapter 1, "A Word of Warning" (p. 9)

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Walter Moers
said · 2004
Own words

In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day.

Chapter 12, "Mulled Coffee and Bee-Bread" (p. 75)

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Walter Moers
said · 2004
Own words

I now understood the secret of music and knew what makes it so infinitely superior to all the other arts: its incorporeality.

Chapter 16, "The Trombophone Concert" (p. 129)

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Awards 3

2009Bavarian TV Awards
2005Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar
1993Max und Moritz award

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About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1957 · age 69
Written about in
18 languages

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