Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born on January 5, 1921[1], in Konolfingen[2]. He died on December 14, 1990[3], in Neuchâtel[4]. He worked as a playwright[5], writer[6], painter[7], screenwriter[8], and poet[9]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,504 views/month, #7,052 of 1,000,298).[10]
Occupation: graphic artist[22], television writer[23], film screenwriter[24], film director[25], film actor[26], theatre critic[27], director[28], dramaturge[29], librettist[30]
Educated at: University of Zurich[31], University of Bern[32]
Notable work: The Physicists[33], The Visit[34], Suspicion[35], The Judge and His Hangman[36], Minotaurus (Dürrenmatt)[37]
Award received: Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim[38], Schiller prize[39], Franz-Grillparzer-Preis[40], Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal[41], Weinpreis für Literatur[42], Austrian State Prize for European Literature[43], Carl Zuckmayer Medal[44], Jean-Paul-Preis[45], Georg Büchner Prize[46], Schiller Memorial Prize[47], Ernst Robert Curtius Award[48], honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis[49]
Member of: Modern Language Association[50], German Academy for Language and Literature[51]
Things named for Friedrich Dürrenmatt include 14041 Dürrenmatt[60].
Why It Matters
Friedrich Dürrenmatt has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] He is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Works attributed to him include The Visit[63], a literary work[64]; The Physicists[65], a literary work[66], founded in 1961[67]; The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel[68], a literary work[69]; The Judge and His Hangman[70], a literary work[71]; A Dangerous Game[72], a literary work[73], founded in 1955[74]; and Suspicion[75], a literary work[76]. Entities named for him include 14041 Dürrenmatt[60].
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