Josef Winckler

Josef Winckler
Winckler in 1925
Born	7 July 1881 Bentlage (Rheine), German Empire
Died	29 January 1966 Bensberg, Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Occupation	Writer

Josef Winckler (7 July 1881, Bentlage, Rheine – 29 January 1966, Bensberg, Bergisch Gladbach) was a German writer, best known for his 1923 comic novel The Mad Bomberg, which was turned into films in 1932 and 1957. One of his other popular novels was Doctor Eisenbart (1929), based on the life of Johann Andreas Eisenbarth.^[1]

References

Further reading

• Rhys W. Williams, Stephen Parker, Colin Riordan (ed.) German Writers and the Cold War 1945–61. Manchester University Press, 1992.

External links

• Works by or about Josef Winckler at Internet Archive
• Josef Winckler at IMDb