German writer Martin Walser dies aged 96

Famous German novelist and contentious intellectual Martin Walser, author of "A Runaway Horse," has died at the age of 96, Report informs, citing DW.

An illustrated collection of texts by Martin Walser was published in March 2021, shortly before his 94th birthday, under the German title Sprachlaub (literal translation: Leaves of language). In the work, the author poetically addressed his approaching death: "I do not defend myself," he wrote, "I am thoughtful and want to live until the last evening."

Alongside Heinrich Böll, Günther Grass and Siegfried Lenz, Martin Walser, who died on Friday at the age of 96, was one of Germany's most important postwar authors.