Ernst Jünger

Ernst Jünger was born on March 29, 1895, in Heidelberg. From 1901 to 1912, he attended school in Hanover, Schwarzenberg, Braunschweig, and other cities. In 1913, he ran away to join the French Foreign Legion, but was discharged six weeks later at his father's insistence. From 1914 to 1918, he served as a volunteer in World War I. In 1918, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite. From 1919 to 1923, he served in the Reichswehr. He published his debut work, Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern), and subsequently studied in Leipzig. In 1927, he moved to Berlin, where he contributed to various political and literary journals. He traveled to Brazil and Morocco (1936–1938) and published African Diversions (Afrikanische Spiele) and The Adventurous Heart (Das abenteuerliche Herz). He later relocated to Überlingen. From 1939 to 1941, he served on the staff of the military commander in France. In 1944, he returned from Paris to Kirchhorst and wrote The Peace (Der Friede, 1946–1947). In 1950, he settled in Wilflingen. In 1965, he completed the ten-volume edition of his Collected Works (Werke). He received the Schiller Memorial Prize, and in 1982, he was awarded the Goethe Prize of the city of Frankfurt am Main. In 1988, he joined Chancellor Helmut Kohl for the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty. Ernst Jünger passed away in 1998 in Riedlingen.