Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss playwright and novelist renowned for his darkly comic, philosophically charged works such as "The Visit" and "The Physicists."

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instanceOf crime fiction writer
dramatist
essayist
human
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
awardReceived Georg Büchner Prize
Schiller Prize
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfBirth Switzerland
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland
countryOfDeath Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1921-01-05
dateOfDeath 1990-12-14
educatedAt University of Bern
ethnicGroup Swiss
familyName Dürrenmatt
father Reinhold Dürrenmatt
fieldOfStudy German literature
natural sciences
philosophy
genre crime fiction
philosophical fiction
tragicomedy
givenName Friedrich
hasChild Barbara Dürrenmatt
Peter Dürrenmatt
Ruth Dürrenmatt
hasCollection Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel
influenced Swiss literature
contemporary theatre
influencedBy Bertolt Brecht
Franz Kafka
languageOfWorkOrName German
mother Hulda Dürrenmatt
movement absurdist theatre
postmodernism
name Friedrich Dürrenmatt
nativeLanguage German
notableWork A Dangerous Game
Suspicion
The Execution of Justice
The Judge and His Hangman
The Physicists
The Pledge
The Visit
occupation dramatist
essayist
novelist
playwright
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Konolfingen
placeOfDeath Neuchâtel
religion Protestantism
residence Neuchâtel
sexOrGender male
spouse Charlotte Kerr
Lotti Geissler
style dark comedy
philosophical drama
workFocus ethical dilemmas
guilt
justice
responsibility

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The Pledge basedOnAuthor Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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The Visit (1973 musical) basedOnWorkBy Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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The Visit (1973 musical) workAuthor Friedrich Dürrenmatt (source playwright)
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt name Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt familyName Dürrenmatt
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt hasChild Peter Dürrenmatt
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt hasChild Barbara Dürrenmatt
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt hasChild Ruth Dürrenmatt
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