The Resume

(June 22, 1898-September 25, 1970)
Birth name is Erik Paul Remark
Drafted into the German Army during World War I (1916)
Best known as the author of 'All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)'
Wrote 'The Road Back (1931),' 'Flotsam (1941),' 'Arch of Triumph (1946),' 'Spark of Life (1952),' 'The Black Obelisk (1956)' and 'The Night in Lisbon (1962)'

Why he might be annoying:

He rarely gave interviews.
He was friends with Leni Riefenstahl.
He married three times (including once to actress Paulette Goddard).
He was not faithful to his wives.
He had a long affair with Marlene Dietrich.
None of his later novels achieved the success of 'All Quiet on the Western Front.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was wounded several times on the front lines during World War I.
His writings describe the horror and pointlessness of war.
His books were banned and burned by the Nazis.
His sister was executed by the Nazis for being sympathetic to the Allies (1943).
He fled Europe during World War II to the United States.
His book 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is often considered among the greatest of all anti-war novels.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 141)
• I am an Adulterer
• I Died in 1970 (Ranked: 72)
• I Probably Banged Marlene Dietrich
• I Remarried the Same Person [I Do! I Don't! I Changed My Mind!]
• Long Names
• Profiles 14751-15000 (Ranked: 14882)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1929)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• Served in World War I

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 59.49% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 48.67% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 118 Votes: 32.20% Annoying