Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)
Also known as Pertōlṭ Pirekcṭ · Bertolʹd Brekht · Bŭrehitʻŭ · Pei-tʻo-erh-tʻe Pu-lai-hsi-tʻe · Bert Brecht · Berŭtʻoltʻŭ Bŭrehitʻŭ
- Born
- February 10, 1898
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 3.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Enciclopédia Itaú CulturalRetrieved 2017-10-09
- February 10, 1898
- Died
- August 14, 1956
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-27
- 3.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 4.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- August 14, 1956
- Birthplace
- Augsburg
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Sources- 1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
- 2.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 3.Stated in Λεξικό Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας
- Augsburg
- Place of death
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- , East Germany(since 1949)
- , Weimar Republic
- +1 more
- Occupation
- playwright
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.Stated in Λεξικό Νεοελληνικής Λογοτεχνίας
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , lyricist
- , screenwriter
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- +10 more
- playwright
- Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München(1917–1921)
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Sources- 1.universitaetsarchiv.uni-muenchen.de/monatsstueck/2010/september_2010/index.htmlRetrieved 2022-01-25
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München(1917–1921)
- Spouse
- Marianne Zoff(1922–1927)
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Sources- 1.Stated in German National Library
- 2.Stated in Süddeutsche Zeitungsueddeutsche.de/muenchen/heiratsurkunde-in-muenchen-aufgetaucht-bert-brecht-und-seine-amouroesen-verwicklungen-1.1564373-2Retrieved 2022-01-25
- , Helene Weigel(1929–1956)
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Sources- 1.Stated in German National Library
- 2.Stated in Süddeutsche Zeitungsueddeutsche.de/muenchen/heiratsurkunde-in-muenchen-aufgetaucht-bert-brecht-und-seine-amouroesen-verwicklungen-1.1564373-2Retrieved 2022-01-25
- Marianne Zoff(1922–1927)
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- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction
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Sources- 1.Stated in BBC News Onlinebbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11734035Retrieved 2022-01-25
- myocardial infarction
- Unmarried partner
- Paula Banholzer
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Sources- 1.“Augsburger Brecht-Lexikon: Personen, Institutionen, Schauplätze”
- Paula Banholzer
- Manner of death
- natural causes
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Sources- 1.Stated in BBC News Onlinebbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11734035Retrieved 2022-01-25
- natural causes
- Nominations
- Tony Award for Best Original Score(1977) for work: Happy End · statement is subject of: 31st Tony Awards · together with: Michael Feingold
- Tony Award for Best Play(1963) for work: Mother Courage and Her Children · statement is subject of: 17th Tony Awards
- Nobel Prize in Literature(1956)
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- Name in native language
- Bertolt Brecht pronunciation audio: De-Bertolt Brecht.ogg
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings(1933) subject has role: victim
- Birth name
- Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-06
- male
- Pseudonym
- Bertolt Brecht
- Berthold Larsen
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2020-08-30
- Related category
- Category:Songs with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht category contains: song with lyrics by this lyricist
- Residence
- Chausseestraße(1953–1956) house number: 125 · end cause: death
- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Brecht, Bertolt
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- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Brecht, Bertolt
- Archives at
- Lilly Library
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Sources- 1.research.reading.ac.uk/diasporicarchives/collections/Retrieved 2023-05-29
- Academy of Arts, Berlin inventory number: Brecht-Bertolt (Hauptbestand) 4074
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- Houghton Library inventory number: MS Ger 180
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Sources- 1.hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/1970Retrieved 2023-12-27
- Archive of the Academy of Arts type of document(s) held: Nachlass
- Augsburg State and Municipal Library type of document(s) held: Nachlass
- Lilly Library
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