Werner Schwab

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Werner Schwab was an Austrian playwright known for his darkly grotesque, experimental dramas that gained prominence in the late 20th-century German-language theater.

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Werner Schwab canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
activeIn late 20th-century German-language theatre ⓘ
artForm sculpture ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
causeOfDeath alcohol-related causes ⓘ
contributedTo renewal of German-language drama in the 1990s ⓘ
countryOfBirth Austria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-02-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-01-01 ⓘ
education Ortweinschule Graz (sculpture) ⓘ
familyName Schwab ⓘ
firstMajorSuccess Die Präsidentinnen ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
theatre of the grotesque ⓘ
givenName Werner ⓘ
hasWorkCycle Faekaldramen (fecal dramas) ⓘ
influenced German-language contemporary theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement avant-garde theatre ⓘ
postmodern theatre ⓘ
name Werner Schwab ⓘ
nationality Austrian ⓘ
notableFor grotesque language ⓘ
use of scatological imagery ⓘ
notableWork Antiklimax ⓘ
Die Präsidentinnen ⓘ
Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos ⓘ
Übergewicht, unwichtig: Unform ⓘ
numberOfPlaysWritten over 15 ⓘ
occupation playwright ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Graz ⓘ
placeOfDeath Graz ⓘ
regionOfActivity Austria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
residence Graz ⓘ
spouse Alexandra Schwab ⓘ
style darkly grotesque ⓘ
experimental ⓘ
workedAs caretaker at the Graz Academy of Music and Performing Arts ⓘ
yearsActiveAsPlaywright late 1980s–1994 ⓘ

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Schwab → hasNotableBearer → Werner Schwab ⓘ
Werner Schwab → name → Werner Schwab ⓘ