Frank Thiess

German novelist and journalist active in the 20th century; author of historical novels including Tsushima (written in 1936).

Frank Thiess was a German author active in the 20th century. Tsushima (The Voyage Of The Forgotten Men) was written in 1936 and has been published in Italian by Einaudi.

Hetzer's review praises Frank Thiess's Tsushima as a dense, human, and disturbing historical novel about the Russo-Japanese War. The review highlights tragic scale, surreal bitterness, and the figure of Admiral Rozhdestvensky. Written in 1936 and published in Italian by Einaudi, the book is framed as an Odyssey of suffering and meaninglessness.

For:Readers of historical and war fiction; students of the Russo-Japanese War; those interested in tragic, melancholic literature.