Peter Weiss

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Peter Weiss was a German-born Swedish writer, painter, and filmmaker best known for his politically charged plays such as "Marat/Sade" and his documentary novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance."

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instanceOf filmmaker
novelist
painter
person
playwright
screenwriter
theatre director
writer
activeInPeriod 20th century
citizenship Germany
Sweden
countryOfBirth Germany
countryOfDeath Sweden
countryOfResidence Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1916-11-08
dateOfDeath 1982-05-10
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Weiss
genre documentary novel
drama
experimental theatre
political drama
givenName Peter
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement documentary theatre
political theatre
name Peter Weiss self-link
notableFor documentary literature
engagement with antifascism
politically charged plays
notableWork Die Ermittlung
murder of Jean-Paul Marat
surface form: Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats

Die Ästhetik des Widerstands
Marat/Sade
The Aesthetics of Resistance
The Investigation
Marat/Sade
surface form: 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
occupation filmmaker
novelist
painter
playwright
screenwriter
writer
placeOfBirth Nowawes
Potsdam
placeOfDeath Stockholm
politicalIdeology Marxism
left-wing politics

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Hebbel Prize hasAwarded Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss name Peter Weiss self-link