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B. Traven

B. Traven (German: [ˈbeː ˈtʁaːvn̩]) was the pen name of a novelist, presumed to be German, known for his novels on injustice and exploitation around the world, and especially in Mexico. His name, nationality, date and place of birth have been subject to dispute. One certainty about Traven's life is that he lived under the name of Ret Marut in Germany until 1923 and arrived in 1924 in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set, and where he died under the name B. Traven. His most famous work The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1927) is set in Mexico, as is the film adaptation which won three Academy Awards in 1949.