Book Series Guide

Author guide

W. G. Sebald Books in Order

W. G. Sebald (1944–2001) was a German writer and literary scholar who lived and taught in England, chiefly at the University of East Anglia. His prose combines fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, historical investigation, and photography. His major literary works include four internationally acclaimed prose narratives, as well as poetry, literary criticism, and essay collections. He also directed the British Centre for Literary Translation.

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Die Ausgewanderten: Vier lange Erzählungen

A representative entry point into Sebald’s mature hybrid prose, combining biography, memoir, history, and fiction.

Austerlitz

His most widely recognized and structurally expansive novel.

Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (1)
  1. Austerlitz

    novel · 2001

Essays and speeches (4)
Poetry (1)
Posthumous collections (1)
  1. Campo Santo: Prosa, Essays

    posthumous_collection · 2003

Collaborations (2)
  1. For Years Now

    collaborative_poetry · 2001

  2. Unerzählt: 33 Texte

    collaborative_poetry · 2003

Other (5)