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Peter Weiss
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Swedish-German playwright and author (1916–1982)
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Peter Weiss was a male playwright, writer, painter, and director born on 8 November 1916 in Nowawes, Berlin, Germany. He held citizenship in Germany, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and the United Kingdom. His notable works include The Aesthetics of Resistance and Marat/Sade. He was educated at the University of Westminster and the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.
Weiss received the Georg Büchner Prize, Heinrich Mann Prize, Heinrich-Böll-Preis, and Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen. He spoke German and Swedish. He died of a myocardial infarction on 10 May 1982 in Stockholm due to natural causes. He was buried at Norra begravningsplatsen on 24 May 1982. His spouse was Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss. His works are held in the collection of the Nationalmuseum.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 November 1916
- Died
- 10 May 1982
- Works
- 126
Top works
- Turandot oder Der Kongre der Weiwscher / Publikumsbeschimpfung / Helm / Genusien / Fulein Julie / Goldene Stdte / Der frhliche Weinberg (Spectaculum -
- Gesang vom lusitanischen Popanz
- Dem Unerreichbaren auf der Spur
- Von Insel zu Insel
- Avantgardefilm
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Film & TV
Nowawes, Berlin, Germany
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance".
Known for
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self (archive footage)2002
- Strange Walks In and Through and Out1987
- Memorandum — Himself - Playwright1967
- The Flamboyant Sex — Madame's lover1961
- Study III1953
- Study II: Hallucinations1952
- Study I Awakening1952
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1916
- Active to
- 1982
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 478
- Total plays
- 6,092
Tags
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter Ulrich Weiss , ( 1916-11-08 ) 8 November 1916, Nowawes , Brandenburg, Germany
- Died
- 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) (aged 65), Stockholm , Sweden
- Citizenship
- Swedish
- Alma mater
- Polytechnic School of Photography ; Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
- Works
- Marat/Sade ; The Aesthetics of Resistance
- Movement
- Avant-garde
- Spouses
- Helga Henschen (1943) Carlota Dethorey (1949) Gunilla Palmstierna (1964)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ulrich
- Family name
- Weiss
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Babelsberg
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Occupation
- production designer
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Image
- Peter Weiss 1982.jpg
- Work location
- Prague
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- Commons category
- Peter Weiss
- date of birth
- 1916-11-08
- date of death
- 1982-05-10
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Norra begravningsplatsen
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Peter Weiss
- date of burial or cremation
- 1982-05-24
- has works in the collection
- Nationalmuseum
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- name in native language
- Peter Ulrich Weiss
- different from
- Q2078939
- end of work period
- 1982-01-01
- P12674
- underworld
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance.
Peter Weiss earned his reputation in the post-war German literary world as the proponent of an avant-garde, meticulously descriptive writing, as an exponent of autobiographical prose, and also as a politically engaged dramatist. He gained international success with Marat/Sade, the American production of which was awarded a Tony Award and its subsequent film adaptation directed by Peter Brook. His "Auschwitz Oratorium" The Investigation, served to broaden the debates over the so-called "Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit" (or formerly) "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" or "politics of history". Weiss's magnum opus was The Aesthetics of Resistance, called one of the "most important German-language work[s] of the 70s and 80s." His early, surrealist-inspired work as a painter and experimental filmmaker remains less well known.
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