Egon Larsen (13 July 1904 - 17 October 1990) was a German

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and writer. Larsen was born in

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. He was the author of many books, due to

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from

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he moved to live in

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and to

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in 1938.Silverman, Jerry. (2002). ''The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)''. Syracuse University Press. p. 204.

Publications

*''Men Who Changed The World Stories of Invention and Discovery'' (1952) *''Men Under the Sea'' (1955) *''You'll See: Report from the Future'' (1957) *''Atomic Energy: A Layman's Guide to the Nuclear Age'' (1958) *''Ideas and Invention'' (1960) *''The Cavendish Laboratory: Nursery of Genius'' (1962) *''Atoms and Atomic Energy'' (1963) *''Men Who Fought for Freedom'' (1963) *''Inventors'' (1965) *''The Deceivers: Lives of the Great Imposters'' (1966) *''Great Humorous Stories of the World'' (1967) *''First with the Truth: Newspapermen in Action'' (1968) *''A History of Inventions'' (1969) *''Great Ideas in Engineering'' (1970) *''Strange Sects and Cults: A Study of Their Origins and Influence'' (1972) *''Weimar Eyewitness'' (1976) *''New Sources of Energy and Power'' (1976) *''Telecommunications: A History'' (1977) *''A Flame in Barbed Wire: The Story of Amnesty International'' (1978) *''Wit as a Weapon: The Political Joke in History'' (1980)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Egon 1904 births 1990 deaths German male writers 20th-century German journalists