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B. Traven (German: [ˈbeː ˈtʁaːvn̩]; Bruno Traven in some accounts) was the pen name of a novelist, presumed to be German, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute.
B. Traven was a novelist noted as a writer of adventure stories and as a chronicler of rural life in Mexico. A recluse, Traven refused personal data to publishers; hence many theories have arisen as to his parentage, his nationality, and his general identity.
Virtually every detail of Traven's life has been disputed and hotly debated. There were many hypotheses on the true identity of B. Traven, some of them wildly fantastic. Most agree, that Traven was Ret Marut, a German stage actor and anarchist, who supposedly left Europe for Mexico around 1924.
Jun 25, 1990 · In the absence of any reliable information on Traven's origins, a variety of bizarre theories have evolved. There have been suggestions, some of them fostered by the writer himself, that...
B. Traven was a German-American author who wrote novels and short stories about the jungle, the sea and the revolution. His works have been translated into at least 40 languages and have influenced many writers and filmmakers.
Learn about the life and works of B. Traven, the pen name of Ret Marut, a German-born author who wrote in Spanish and English. Discover his involvement in the Bavarian Soviet Republic, his exile in Mexico, and his famous novels such as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
B. Traven has 131 books on Goodreads with 27542 ratings. B. Traven’s most popular book is Macario.
