Jakob Wassermann (1873 - 1934)

Jakob Wassermann (Hebrew: יעקב וסרמן‎; March 10, 1873 - January 1, 1934) was a German writer and novelist of Jewish descent. Wassermann's work includes poetry, essays, novels, and short stories. His most important works are considered the novel Der Fall Maurizius (1928) and the autobiography, My Life as German and Jew (Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude) (1921), in which he discussed the tense relationship between his German and Jewish identities.