Robert Walser is one of the most important German-language writers of the twentieth century. He was born in Biel (Switzerland) in 1878 and published fifteen books. He died while walking on Christmas Day 1956 near Herisau asylum, where he spent the last years of his life. Siruela also has also published a book of conversations with Robert Walser Walking, Carl Seelig and Robert Walser. A literary biography of Jürg Amann.