Question: Three Comrades, is a novel first published in 1936 by which German author?
Context: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun ("Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun") is a historical novel by German author Alfred Döblin that narrates upheaval and revolution in 18th-century China.  Published in 1916 (although back-dated to 1915), this epic historical novel was Döblin's third novel (although it was the first to be published as a book), and garnered him the Fontane Prize.  Favorably received by critics, who praised its detailed and exotic depictions of China, it was a literary breakthrough for Döblin.  "Wang Lun" also had an influence on younger German writers, including Lion Feuchtwanger, Anna Seghers, and Bertolt Brecht; for the latter, "Wang Lun" provided an impulse for the development of the theory of epic theatre.  In commercial sales, it is Döblin's most successful novel after "Berlin Alexanderplatz".  The title of the novel refers to the rebel leader Wang Lun. Josephine Mutzenbacher – The Life Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself (German: "Josefine Mutzenbacher oder Die Geschichte einer Wienerischen Dirne von ihr selbst erzählt" ) is an erotic novel first published anonymously in Vienna, Austria in 1906.  The novel is famous in the German-speaking world, having been in print in both German and English for over 100 years and sold over 3 million copies, becoming an erotic bestseller. The Swords of Lankhmar is a fantasy novel, first published 1968, by Fritz Leiber, featuring his sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.  It is chronologically the fifth volume of the complete seven volume edition of the collected stories devoted to the characters.  The book is an expansion of Leiber's earlier novella "Scylla's Daughter", which was published originally in the magazine "Fantastic Stories of Imagination" for May 1961.  The full novel first published in paperback format during 1968 by Ace Books company, which reprinted the title numerous times through 1986; a later paperback edition was issued by Dark Horse (2008).  It has been published in the United Kingdom by Mayflower Books (1970) and Grafton (1986, 1987).  The first hardcover edition was issued by Rupert Hart-Davis during June 1969; a later hardcover edition was issued by Gregg Press during December 1977.  The book has also been gathered together with others in the series into various omnibus editions; "Swords' Masters" (1990), "Return to Lankhmar" (1997), and "The Second Book of Lankhmar" (2001). Three Comrades (German: "Drei Kameraden" ) is a novel first published in 1936 by the German author Erich Maria Remarque.  It is written in first person by the main character Robert Lohkamp, whose somewhat disillusioned outlook on life is due to his horrifying experiences in the trenches of the First World War's French-German front.  He shares these experiences with Otto Köster and Gottfried Lenz, his two comrades with whom he runs an auto-repair shop in late 1920s Berlin (probably).  Remarque wrote the novel in exile and it was first published in Dutch translation as "Drie kameraden", with English translation following soon in "Good Housekeeping" from January to March 1937 and in the book form in the same year.  First German language edition was published in 1938 by exile publisher "Querido" in Amsterdam, but the novel was published in Germany only in 1951. Flotsam (German: "Liebe deinen Nächsten" ) is a novel first published in 1939 by the German author Erich Maria Remarque.  The novel describes the interwoven stories of several immigrants who left Germany at the time of National Socialism. Three Comrades is a 1938 drama film directed by Frank Borzage and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for MGM.  The screenplay is by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edward E. Paramore Jr., and was adapted from the novel "Three Comrades" by Erich Maria Remarque.  It tells the story of the friendship of three young German soldiers following World War I and the early stages of the rise of Nazism. Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German Ghost Knight is a children's novel written by the German author Cornelia Funke.  It was first published under the German title "Geisterritter" in 2011.  It was translated by Oliver Latsch from German to English and published in 2012.  A theatrical adaptation of the novel was performed at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg in 2012. The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend is a fantasy novel first published in 1993 and was written by British author David Gemmell.  The novel is a prequel to the popular title Legend.  The novel details the early life and events of the character Druss, it is followed by The Legend of Deathwalker which deals with later events in his life between this book and the events in "Legend". Naked Among Wolves (German: "Nackt unter Wölfen" ) is a novel by the East German author Bruno Apitz.  The novel was first published in 1958 and tells the story of prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp who risk their lives to hide a young Polish-Jewish boy.  Apitz himself had been imprisoned in Buchenwald as a communist from 1937 to 1945.  The boy, whose name in the novel is Stefan Cyliak, was revealed to be based on Stefan Jerzy Zweig after publication of the novel.
Answer: Erich Maria Remarque