Autor: B. Traven

B. Traven is easily one of the most enigmatic and fascinating characters in literary history. Though much has been written about the provenance of this mysterious writer – entire books have plumbed his origins – virtually everything about the life of B. Traven is both hotly debated and impossible to confirm. Believed to be of German origin – he is thought by some scholars to be the German actor and anarchist „Ret Marut, ” for example – Traven communicated only through his publishers and even they claim never to have met the elusive author. Whatever his origins, B. Traven would produce twelve novels and numerous short stories during his career, most of which took place in Mexico and many of which pushed his decidedly left-wing and anti-capitalist beliefs. Of his own, enigmatic life, Traven famously wrote: The creative person should have no other biography than his works.