Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Writing

Birthday

1921/01/05

Day of death

1990/12/14 (69 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Konolfingen, Bern, Switzerland

Also know as

Фридрих Дюрренматт

Biography

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten. Dürrenmatt was born in Konolfingen, canton of Bern, the ...Read more