Friedrich Dürrenmatt (January 5, 1921 – December 14, 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... German literature comprises those literary texts originating within Germany proper and written in the German language. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

He was born in Konolfingen near Bern. The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire. The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Swiss German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame, 1956) which tells of a rich benefactor visiting her beneficiaries, is the work best known in the United States. The satiric drama The Physicists (Die Physiker, 1962) which deals with issues concerning science and its responsibility for dramatic and even dangerous changes to our world has also been presented in translation. The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady). It is probably the most well-known of his work, at least in the English-speaking world. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He died in Neuchâtel. Neuchâtel ( German: Neuenburg) is a city in Switzerland which is the capital of the Canton of Neuchâtel. ...

Selected Bibliography

• Es steht geschrieben (1947)
• Der Blinde (1947)
• Romulus der Große (1950)
• Der Richter und sein Henker (1952)
• Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (1952)
• Der Verdacht (1953)
• Der Besuch der alten Dame (1956)
• Die Panne (1956)
• Das Versprechen (1958)
• Die Physiker (1962)
• Der Meteor (1966)
• Play Strindberg (1969)
• Der Sturz (1971)
• Achterloo (1982)
• Justiz (1985)

1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Romulus der Große (Romulus the Great) shows the demise of the Roman Empire in the 5th Century - which is happily expected by the last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Der Richter und sein Henker is a novel by the Swiss writer Friedrich Durrenmatt written in the year 1952. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady). It is probably the most well-known of his work, at least in the English-speaking world. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Die Physiker (The Physicists) is a satiric drama often recognized to be the most impressive, yet easily to understand work by Dürrenmatt. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Dürrenmatt's Stories in Film

• It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, Das Versprechen)
• Der Besuch der alten Dame (1964, Der Besuch der alten Dame)
• Once a Greek (1966, Grieche sucht Griechin)
• Getting Away with Murder (1970, The Judge and His Hangman)
• Justiz (1993)
• The Pledge (2001, Das Versprechen)

1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Visit is the title of various English translations of Friedrich Dürrenmatts play Der Besuch der alten Dame (literally, The Visit of the Old Lady). It is probably the most well-known of his work, at least in the English-speaking world. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

References

• Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel (http://www.cdn.ch)
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