Peter Weiss (November 8, 1916 - May 10, 1982) was a German writer, painter and artist. He was born in Neubabelsberg near Berlin and passed away in Stockholm, Sweden. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...  Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Stockholm  listen? is the capital and the largest city of Sweden. ...

Weiss' most well known work is the play Marat/Sade (1963). It studies the power in society through two extreme and extremely different historical persons, Jean-Paul Marat, a brutal hero of the French Revolution, and the Marquis de Sade, for whom sadism was named. The play is considered a classic, and is still performed, although less regularly. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, published in 1963, is a play by Peter Weiss, directed both on stage and screen by Peter Brook. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born scientist and physician, who made much of his career in England, but is best known as a French Revolutionary. ... The period of the French Revolution is very important in the history of France and the world. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ...

Weiss also wrote prose. His work consists of short and intense novels with Kafkaesque details and feelings, often with autobiographical background. Franz Kafka approximately 1917 Franz Kafka (July 3, 1883 in Prague - June 3, 1924 in Vienna) was one of the major German language writers of the 20th century most of whose work was published posthumously. ...

• Från ö till ö (1944) (German: Von Insel zu Insel)(From Island to Island)
• De besegrade (1948) (German: Die Besiegten) (The Defeated)
• Der Vogelfreie (1948) (published as Dokument I in Swedish (1949) and in German as Der Fremde (The Foreigner) under the pseudonym Sinclair (1980))
• Duellen (1951) (German: Das Duell)(The Duel)
• Der Schatten des Körpers des Kutschers (1952) (The Shadow of the Coachman's Body)
• Abschied von den Eltern (1960) (Leavetaking)
• Fluchtpunkt (1961) (Vanishing Point)
• Das Gespräch der drei Gehenden (1962) (The Conversation of the Three Walkers)
• Die Ästhetik des Widerstands (I-1975, II-1978, III-1981) (The Aesthetics of Resistance, Vol. I)

Weiss also directed some experimental films.