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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (born Jan. 5, 1921, Konolfingen, near Bern, Switz.—died Dec. 14, 1990, Neuchâtel) was a Swiss playwright, novelist, and essayist whose satiric, almost farcical tragicomic plays were central to the post-World War II revival of German theatre.
The Swiss playwright and novelist Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the son of the village pastor, was born in Konolfingen in the Emmental, in the canton of Bern, on 5 January 1921. Fritz, as he was known to family and friends alike, had his eyes set on a world beyond the village from an early age.
Dürrenmatt was a politically active author who gained fame largely due to his avant garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of Swiss authors who supported socialism and advocated political change. Biography.
Swiss playwright and novelist. Examine the life, times, and work of Friedrich Dürrenmatt through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
(1921–1990) Swiss playwright, novelist, and critic. Born at Konolfingen, in the canton of Bern, Dürrenmatt studied literature, philosophy, and science at the universities of Zürich and Bern. After first working as a graphic artist, he became theatre critic for a Zürich weekly.
Biography. The son of a minister, Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in Konolfingen (canton of Berne, Emmental region) in 1921; he died in Neuchâtel, where he lived for 38 years, in 1990. His plays The Visit (1956) and The Physicists (1962) brought him his greatest international acclaim, together with the film adaptations of his detective novels ...
Portrait. Chronology (cf. detailed portrait) Friedrich Dürrenmatt: His Life and Oeuvre. Schematischer Plan von Konolfingen mit literarischen Motiven und Stoffen, um 1960. Dürrenmatt's literary works have been translated into over forty languages.
