Richard Wagner (novelist)

Richard Wagner
Born (1952-04-10) 10 April 1952
Lovrin, Romania
Occupation Novelist
Nationality German, Romanian
Period 20th-21st century

Richard Wagner (born April 10, 1952) is a Romanian-born German novelist. He has published a number of short stories, novels and essays.

A member of Romania's German minority, like his former wife, Herta Müller, he studied German and Romanian literature at Timișoara University. He then worked as a German language school teacher and as a journalist, and published poetry and short stories in German. He was also a member of Aktionsgruppe Banat, a German-speaking literary society.

In 1987, Wagner and Müller left Romania for West Berlin, to escape communist oppression and censorship in Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania. He still lives in Berlin.

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