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*''[[Every Man Dies Alone]]'' (1947)

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'''Hans Fallada''' ({{IPA-de|hans ˈfa.la.da|lang|De-Hans Fallada.ogg}}; born '''Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen'''; 21 July 1893{{spaced ndash}}5 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include ''[[Little Man, What Now? (novel)|Little Man, What Now?]]'' (1932) and ''[[Every Man Dies Alone]]'' (1947). His works belong predominantly to the [[New Objectivity]] literary style, a style associated with an emotionless reportage approach, with precision of detail, and a veneration for 'the fact'.<ref>[[Matthew Beaumont]]. ''Concise Companion to Realism'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=vctIWXfMQWYC&pg=PA151 page 151]. John Wiley and Sons, 2010.</ref> Fallada's pseudonym derives from a combination of characters found in the [[Grimm's Fairy Tales]]: The titular protagonist of ''[[Hans in Luck]]'' (KHM 83), and Falada the magical talking horse in ''[[The Goose Girl]]''.

==Early life==