Bertolt Brecht

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dramatist essayist human librettist lyricist playwright poet theatre practitioner

Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, poet, and theatre practitioner renowned for developing epic theatre and profoundly influencing modern drama.

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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht 1

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instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theatre practitioner ⓘ
awardReceived Lenin Peace Prize ⓘ
surface form: Stalin Peace Prize
birthName Bertolt Brecht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
burialPlace Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Barbara Brecht-Schall ⓘ
Hanne Hiob ⓘ
Stefan Brecht ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-02-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1956-08-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Bertolt Brecht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brecht
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
dramatic theory ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
founded Berliner Ensemble ⓘ
genre didactic play ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ
givenName Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen ⓘ
surface form: Berthold

Eugen ⓘ
influenced modern theatre ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
postwar European theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement epic theatre ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
name Bertolt Brecht self-link ⓘ
notableConcept Verfremdungseffekt ⓘ
alienation effect ⓘ
notableWork A Man’s a Man ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
Drums in the Night ⓘ
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich ⓘ
Life of Galileo ⓘ
Mahagonny Songspiel ⓘ
Man Equals Man ⓘ
Mother Courage and Her Children ⓘ
Mr Puntila and His Man Matti ⓘ
Poems 1913–1956 ⓘ
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ⓘ
Round Heads and Pointed Heads ⓘ
Saint Joan of the Stockyards ⓘ
Schweyk in the Second World War ⓘ
Short Organon for the Theatre ⓘ
Stories of Mr. Keuner ⓘ
Svendborg Poems ⓘ
The Caucasian Chalk Circle ⓘ
The Days of the Commune ⓘ
The Decision ⓘ
The Exception and the Rule ⓘ
The Good Person of Szechwan ⓘ
The Measures Taken ⓘ
The Mother ⓘ
The Private Life of the Master Race ⓘ
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ⓘ
The Seven Deadly Sins ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
The Trial of Lucullus ⓘ
The Tutor ⓘ
The Visions of Simone Machard ⓘ
occupation dramaturge ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
theatre theorist ⓘ
participantIn German exile literature ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form: Weimar culture

World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Augsburg ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
placeOfDeath East Berlin ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
politicalIdeology Marxism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Helene Weigel ⓘ
workLocation Augsburg ⓘ
Berlin ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
Zurich ⓘ

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The Threepenny Opera → author → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
Bertolt Brecht → birthName → Bertolt Brecht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
The Threepenny Opera → creator → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
Bertolt Brecht → familyName → Bertolt Brecht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brecht
George Bernard Shaw → influenced → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
Heinrich Heine → influenced → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera → lyricist → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ
Bertolt Brecht → name → Bertolt Brecht self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof
Modernism → notableFigure → Bertolt Brecht ⓘ