biography
pronunciation:
[hokhhoot]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1931– )
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Eschwege, C Germany. He studied at Heidelberg and Munich. His play Der Stellvertreter (1963, The Representative), focusing on the role of the Pope in World War 2, excited controversy and introduced the fashion for ‘documentary drama’. Later plays have touched on other sensitive issues: Soldaten (1967, Soldiers) on the war morality of the Allies, and Juristen (1980, trans The Legal Profession) on collaboration with the Nazis. |
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