W.G. Sebald: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Dec 10, 2025
Media added. Oct 10, 2024
Added more information about Austerlitz and a cross-reference. Oct 10, 2024
Noted that Sebald called his novels “prose fiction” and that A Place in the Country is an essay collection, not a novel. Jul 20, 2024
First paragraph modernization. May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Obituary of W G Sebald. May 02, 2016
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - W.G. Sebald, 57; Author Challenged Norms. May 02, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - W. G. Sebald, Elegiac German Novelist, Is Dead at 57. Nov 10, 2015
Add new Web site: The Guardian - WG Sebald. Nov 10, 2015
Add new Web site: Independent - W. G. Sebald. Nov 10, 2015
New article added. Mar 26, 2014
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