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Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Author · 41 books

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921 – 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. Dürrenmatt was born in the Emmental (canton of Bern), the son of a Protestant pastor. His grandfather Ulrich Dürrenmatt was a conservative politician. The family moved to Bern in 1935. Dürrenmatt began to study philosophy and German language and literature at the University of Zurich in 1941, but moved to the University of Bern after one semester. In 1943 he decided to become an author and dramatist and dropped his academic career. In 1945-46, he wrote his first play, "It is written". On October 11 1946 he married actress Lotti Geissler. She died in 1983 and Dürrenmatt was married again to another actress, Charlotte Kerr, the following year. He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. One of his leading sentences was: "A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn". Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten.

Series

Books

Greco cerca greca book cover

Greco cerca greca

2024

La morte della Pizia book cover

La morte della Pizia

1976

Der Pensionierte. Fragment eines Kriminalromans book cover

Der Pensionierte. Fragment eines Kriminalromans

1995

The Visit book cover

The Visit

1956

Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi. Eine Komödie. Dritte Fassung book cover

Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi. Eine Komödie. Dritte Fassung

1952

Angel Comes to Babylon book cover

Angel Comes to Babylon

Two Plays

1971

Der Richter und sein Henker / Der Verdacht book cover

Der Richter und sein Henker / Der Verdacht

1953

Der Richter und sein Henker book cover

Der Richter und sein Henker

1951

The Possible is Monstrous book cover

The Possible is Monstrous

1993

Die Wiedertaufer book cover

Die Wiedertaufer

1980

Grieche sucht Griechin book cover

Grieche sucht Griechin

1955

Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Episode on an autumn evening book cover

Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Episode on an autumn evening

1959

Pravosudie. Grek ischet grechanku. Avariya. Lunnoe zatmenie. Zimnyaya voyna v Tibete. Poruchenie… Rasskaz book cover

Pravosudie. Grek ischet grechanku. Avariya. Lunnoe zatmenie. Zimnyaya voyna v Tibete. Poruchenie… Rasskaz

1990

Colectia "Povestiri stiintifico-fantastice" book cover

Colectia "Povestiri stiintifico-fantastice"

1967

Der Tunnel book cover

Der Tunnel

1952

Racconti book cover

Racconti

2013

Der Verdacht book cover

Der Verdacht

1952

قضية ظل الحمار book cover

قضية ظل الحمار

1958

Friedrich Dürrenmatt book cover

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Selected Writings, Volume 2, Fictions

2006

Der Besuch der alten Dame / Die Physiker. Erläuterungen und Materialien. book cover

Der Besuch der alten Dame / Die Physiker. Erläuterungen und Materialien.

1999

مجموعه‌ نامرئی book cover

مجموعه‌ نامرئی

مجموعه‌ ۴۵ داستان کوتاه از ۲۶ نویسنده‌ آلمانی‌زبان

1997

Frank der Fünfte. Komödie einer Privatbank. Neufassung 1980. book cover

Frank der Fünfte. Komödie einer Privatbank. Neufassung 1980.

1959

Die Panne book cover

Die Panne

1956

Der Besuch der alten Dame book cover

Der Besuch der alten Dame

1956

Il minotauro book cover

Il minotauro

1985

The Pledge book cover

The Pledge

1957

Die Physiker book cover

Die Physiker

1962

Besuch der alten Dame. Die Physiker

1991

Romulus the Great book cover

Romulus the Great

1956

Η βλάβη - Το τούνελ - Ο σκύλος book cover

Η βλάβη - Το τούνελ - Ο σκύλος

1956

Durcheinandertal book cover

Durcheinandertal

1989

Play Strindberg ;Porträt Eines Planeten book cover

Play Strindberg ;Porträt Eines Planeten

Übungsstücke Für Schauspieler

1980

La caduta book cover

La caduta

1971

La guerra invernale nel Tibet book cover

La guerra invernale nel Tibet

1984

The meteor book cover

The meteor

1966

Plays and Essays book cover

Plays and Essays

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1982

The Assignment book cover

The Assignment

or, On the Observing of the Observer of the Observers

1986

La promessa - La panne book cover

La promessa - La panne

1958

Justiz book cover

Justiz

1985

Novels book cover

Novels

1980

Selected Writings, Vol. 1 book cover

Selected Writings, Vol. 1

Plays

2006

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