[In response to the question "Who the hell are you?"] If I … - B. Traven

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[In response to the question "Who the hell are you?"] If I knew, I think I would not be able to continue writing, or wouldn't have written the books I have written.

B. Traven

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(Bruno Traven in some accounts, born 23 February 1882 in Schwiebus, died 26 March 1969 in Mexico City) was the pen name of a presumably German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. One of the few certainties about Traven's life is that he lived for years in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set—including (1927). The film adaptation of the same name won three Academy Awards in 1948.

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Pen Names: Robert Bek-gran • Hal Croves • Ret Marut • Richard Maurhut • Traven Torsvan • Fred Gaudet • Fred Mareth • Bruno Marhut • Red Marut • Rex Marut • Robert Marut • Fred Maruth • Goetz Öhly • Anton Raderscheidt • Wilhelm Scheider • Jacob Torice • B. T. Torsvan • Berick Traven Torsvan • Traves Torsvan • Heinrich Otto Becker • Adolf Rudolf Feige • Herman Albert Otto Max Feige • Otto Feige • T. Torsvan • Otto Wienecke • Bruno Traven • Albert Otto Max Wienecke

Alternative Names: Torsvan • Berick Torsvan • Bernhard Traven Torsvan • Torsvan Croves • Traven

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[In response to the question "Who the hell are you?"] If I knew, I think I would not be able to continue writing, or wouldn't have written the books … - B. Traven

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