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1893 – 1947Hans Fallada (1893-1947)Died 5 February 1947, aged 53Hans Fallada was a German novelist known for Little Man, What Now? and Every Man Dies Alone. His work described ordinary Germans during the Weimar and Nazi eras. He died in Berlin shortly before his final novel was published.