biography
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Bruckner, Ferdinand
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originally Theodor Tagger
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pronunciation:
[brukner]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1891–1958)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Berlin, Germany. He studied philosophy, medicine, and law in Vienna and Paris. He founded the Renaissance Theatre in Berlin before emigrating to the USA in 1936. Together with Heinrich Mann, Brecht, and Döblin, he founded the Aurora Verlag. He returned to West Berlin in 1951 to work in the theatre. His beginnings were in the Expressionist style, with his success as a young man due to his theatrically effective work. He later became one of the most important pioneers of the Neue Sachlichkeit movement, writing neo-realistic plays that were influenced by profound psychology, including Krankheit der Jugend (1929), Die Verbrecher (1929), and Elisabeth von England (1930). He also wrote historical plays and plays in verse. |
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