Otto Steiger (writer)

Otto Steiger (4 August 1909 - 10 May 2005) was a Swiss writer and radio news speaker.

Biography

Steiger was born in Uetendorf, Thun, Switzerland in 1909.[1][2]

His third novel, Portrait of a respected man (1952), was condemned by critics as propaganda for communism. This book was translated into Russian without Steiger's knowledge and sold 300,000 copies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bookbird - Volumes 19-20. Instituto Nacional del Libro Español. 1981. p. 50.
  2. 1 2 Literaturlexikon: Band 11 Si - VI. Walter de Gruyter. 2011. p. 203.

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