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Also Known As Peter Ulrich Weiss
Born November 8, 1916 • Germany
Died May 10, 1982 (aged 65) • Stockholm • Sweden
Awards And Honors Büchner Prize (1982)
Notable Works “Marat/Sade” • “The Investigation” • “The Song of the Lusitanian Bogey”

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Carl Zuckmayer.
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Sudermann, detail of an oil painting by Max Slevogt, 1927; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Hermann Sudermann
German writer
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
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German writer and producer
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Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born writer
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Max Frisch
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Albert Steffen
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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
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Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
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Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin
Ludwig Tieck
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Karl Leberecht Immermann
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Gustav Freytag
Gustav Freytag
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Carl Sternheim
German dramatist
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Karl Gutzkow
German writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Werfel, Franz
Franz Werfel
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Clemens Brentano, detail of an etching by Ludwig Grimm, 1837
Clemens Brentano
German author
Volker Braun
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