Robert walser biography

Robert Walser (15 April – 25 December ) was a German language Swiss writer. He additionally worked as a copyist, an inventor's assistant, a butler, and in various other low-paying trades. Robert Walser (born Ap, Biel, Switz.—died Dec. 25, , Herisau) was a Swiss poet and novelist hailed after his death as a genius. After abandoning his studies at age 14, Walser took accounting lessons and attempted unsuccessfully to become an actor. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
After a mental breakdown in , Walser first entered the asylum in Waldau, Bern, and then the Herisau sanitarium (Appenzell) in , where he ceased to write and spent the last twenty-three years of his life in almost complete anonymity.