C. W. Ceram biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of C. W. Ceram

Author Name:

C. W. Ceram

Born As:

Pseudonym of Kurt Wilhelm Marek

Other Names:

C. W. Ceram

Born:

20 Jan 1915

Died:

12 Apr 1972




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Journalist                          
Selected Works:

A member of the Propagandatruppe:

Wir hielten Narvik, 1941
Rote Spiegel - überall am Feind - 1943
Von den Kanonieren des Reichsmarschalls - 1943.

Götter, Gräber und Gelehrte - 1949, Gods, Graves and Scholars - The Story of Archaeology, published in 28 languages

The Secret of the Hittites - 1955
 A Woman in Berlin - 1955
March of Archaeology - 1958
The First American - 1971
                          
                          
                          
He chose to write under a pseudonym to distance himself from his earlier work as a propagandist for the Third Reich.

The Ceram Prize in archaeology is named after him.