Oswald Lewinter

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Oswald LeWinter (April 2, 1931 – February 13, 2013) was an Austrian-born American author and poet.

He was best known for his role in the October Surprise controversy.

Education

LeWinter grew up in Brooklyn, New York. According to one source, he became interested in poetry while attending college in the New York area, and came to know a number of well-known literary figures, including novelist Saul Bellow. In the late 1950s, LeWinter moved to California, where he completed his B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.A. at San Francisco State College. In the early 1960s, he returned to New York and enrolled in a doctoral program at Columbia University.

Personal life

Oswald LeWinter was married four times and had five children.

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Career

During the early to mid-1960s, LeWinter taught at several schools in New York and Pennsylvania, including Penn State University, Columbia University, and Marist College. LeWinter's publications from this period include a book on Shakespeare, several academic articles on poetry, and his own poetry, which appeared in a number of well-known literary magazines.

In the late 1960s, however, LeWinter left academia and began a business career that lasted until the early 1980s. He eventually moved to Germany, where he taught psychology to American military personnel.

In 1984, LeWinter was arrested by German authorities for his part in a scheme to smuggle chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine into the United States. He was extradited to the United States and sentenced to six years in prison. Released after two years, LeWinter returned to Germany, where he worked as a psychoanalyst. During his incarceration in the United States, LeWinter was only a few cells from StB agent Karl Koecher with whom LeWinter conversed frequently.

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