What is Martin Walser?
{{Infobox writer | name = Martin Walser | image = Martin_walser_03.jpg | caption = Walser at a book presentation in [[Aachen]], Germany, in&nbsp;2008 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|03|24}} | birth_place = [[Wasserburg am Bodensee]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|7|26|1927|3|24}} | death_place = [[Überlingen]], Germany | occupation = [[Novelist]] | nationality = [[Germany|German]] | period = 1955–2023 | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Runaway Horse | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{awd|[[Peace Prize of the German Book Trade]]|1998}} }} '''Martin Walser''' (24 March 1927 &ndash; 26 July 2023) was a [[Germany|German]] writer. He became famous for talking about the troubles for [[anti-hero]]es he had in his novels and stories. In 1998 he was awarded the [[Peace Prize of the German Book Trade]] in [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]].<ref>[[Die Welt]]: [https://www.welt.de/politik/article987203/Dieter_Hildebrandt_soll_in_NSDAP_gewesen_sein.html Dieter Hildebrandt soll in NSDAP gewesen sein] 30 June 2007</ref> Walser was born in [[Wasserburg am Bodensee]], [[Germany]]. At the age of 17, Walser became a member of the [[Nazi Party]] on 20 April 1944,<ref>[[Die Welt]]: [https://www.welt.de/politik/article987203/Dieter_Hildebrandt_soll_in_NSDAP_gewesen_sein.html Dieter Hildebrandt soll in NSDAP gewesen sein] 30 June 2007</ref> though Walser denied that he entered the party.<ref>[[Der Tagesspiegel]]: [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/magazin/wissen/art304,2853521 Gemeinsam in die NSDAP] 22 July 2009</ref><ref>[[Wolfgang Benz]], ed.: ''Wie wurde man Parteigenosse? – Die NSDAP und ihre Mitglieder'' (Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 2009).</ref> Walser died on 26 July 2023 in [[Überlingen]], Germany at the age of 96.<ref>[https://www.fr.de/ratgeber/medien/schriftsteller-martin-walser-bereits-am-26-juli-gestorben-zr-92443265.html ''Schriftsteller Martin Walser bereits am 26. Juli gestorben.''] In: FR.de, 4.8.2023.</ref> He was among the important German autho