Peter Weiss

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Peter Weiss was a German-born Swedish writer, painter, and filmmaker best known for his politically charged plays such as "Marat/Sade" and his documentary novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance."

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Peter Weiss canonical 8

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instanceOf filmmaker ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
countryOfBirth Germany ⓘ
countryOfDeath Sweden ⓘ
countryOfResidence Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-11-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-05-10 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
linked to: Jews
familyName Weiss ⓘ
genre documentary novel ⓘ
drama ⓘ
experimental theatre ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement documentary theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
name Peter Weiss ⓘ
notableFor documentary literature ⓘ
engagement with antifascism ⓘ
politically charged plays ⓘ
notableWork Die Ermittlung ⓘ
Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats ⓘ
Die Ästhetik des Widerstands ⓘ
Marat/Sade ⓘ
The Aesthetics of Resistance ⓘ
The Investigation ⓘ
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade ⓘ
linked to: Marat/Sade
occupation filmmaker ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nowawes ⓘ
Potsdam ⓘ
placeOfDeath Stockholm ⓘ
politicalIdeology Marxism ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ

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Group 47 → hasMember → Peter Weiss ⓘ
Hebbel Prize → hasAwarded → Peter Weiss ⓘ
Peter Weiss → name → Peter Weiss ⓘ
Marat/Sade → author → Peter Weiss ⓘ
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