Friedrich Dürrenmatt

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Aliases:
弗里德里希・迪伦马特, Fridrich Djurenmat, دورينمات، فريدريش،, and 71 others Fulidelixi Dilunmate, Frîdrîḵ Dîrenmaṭ, Fridrich Djurrenmatt, Fr Dürrenmatt, دورنمات، فريدريش, フリードリヒ・デュレンマット, ديرنمات، فريدريش،, Φρήντριχ Ντύρενματ, Frīdrīš Dūrinmāt, Фрыдрых Дурэнмат, 弗里德里希·迪伦马特, Frīdrihs Dirrenmats, Dürrenmatt, פרדריך דירנמט, Fridrik Direnmāṭ, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 뒤렌마트프리드리히, ფრიდრიხ დიურენმატი, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Frirdrich Dürrenmatt, فريدريش دورينمات, Fridrix Dürrenmatt, Furīdorihhi Dyurenmatto, F. デュレンマット, Fridrikh Diurrenmatt, Fridrikh Di︠u︡rrenmatt, Fulidelixi-Dilunmate, فردريك دورنمات،, Fridrich Djurenmatt, Friedr Dürrenmatt, 弗里德里希 迪伦马特, Fritrij Tǖrrenmǎtt, Friedrich Reinhold Dürrenmatt, P'ŭridŭrihi Twirenmat'ŭ, Фрідріх Дюрренматт, Фрыдрых Дзюрэнмат, Friederich Dürrenmat, F. Diurenmatas, Frederick Dürrenmatt, Phrintrich Ntyrenmat, Дюрренматт Фридрих, فردریش دورنمات, Friederich Dürrenmatt, 프리드리히뒤렌마트, フリードリヒ デュレンマット, Durrenmatt, Fridrih Dyrrenmat, Fritrish Tiwrrěmatʻtʻ, Frederick Duerrenmatt, Фридрих Дюрренматт, Fridrikas Diurenmatas, Ֆրիդրիխ Դյուրենմաթ, Fridrik Direnmat, Frıedrıch Durrenmatt, Frīdrīš Dūranmāt, P'ŭridŭrihi Dwirenmat'ŭ, Fu li de li xi Di lun ma te, F. Dürrenmatt, Фридрих Дюренмат, Pʻŭridŭrihi Dwirenmatʻŭ, .. Dürrenmatt, فريدريش دورنمات،, Rīdirīš Dūrīnmān, 프리드리히 뒤렌마트, פרידריך דירנמאט, Fridericus Dürrenmatt, F. Djurrenmatt, Friedrich Duerrenmatt, פרידריך דירנמט, Fritrish Tiwrrěmat't', Fridrih Direnmat
Born:
Jan. 5, 1921
Died:
Dec. 14, 1990

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Dürrenmatt was born in the Emmental (canton of Bern), the son of a Protestant pastor. His grandfather Ulrich Dürrenmatt was a conservative politician. The family moved to Bern in 1935. Dürrenmatt began to study philosophy and German language and literature at the University of Zurich in 1941, but moved to the University of Bern after one semester. In 1943 he decided to become an author and dramatist and dropped his academic career. In 1945-46, he wrote his first play, "It is written". On October 11 1946 he married actress Lotti Geissler. She died in 1983 and Dürrenmatt was married again to another actress, Charlotte Kerr, the following year.

He was a proponent of epic theater whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. One of his leading sentences was: "A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn". Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten

Books by Friedrich Dürrenmatt