Christian Johann Heinrich Heine

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Peter Weiss

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Just the Facts
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Playwright

• Peter Weiss was a very gifted playwright.
• His very first play was, Der Turm, produced in
  1950.
• His last was Die Ästhetik, and was produced in
  1981.

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The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul
Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum
of Charenton under the Direction of Monsieur de
Sade OR Marat/Sade

• One of his most famous works was Marat/Sade, a
  famous drama that continues to be preformed
  today.
• Marat/Sade was written in 1964.
• In German, the title is,
• Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats
  dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des
  Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn
  de Sade

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Communist dun dun dun da

• Peter Weiss
• politically active communist party member
• joined the
• Swedish
• Communist
• Party in 1968.

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The Big Timeline
Peter Weiss Is born, November 8th,1916
The family goes Into exile, 1935, in Chislehurst
Birth of daughter Nadja, 1972
Exibiton of his paintings in Sweden 1941-46
1949, Marries Carlota Dethorey. Birth of son,
Paul
1958-1959 Death of mother and father
May 10th, 1982, dies.
1943 marries Helga Henchen 1944 birth of first
Daughter Randi-Maria
1937-1938 Student at Prague Art Academy
Peter Weisss Sister, Margit, Dies, 1934
1964, marries Gunilla Palmstierna
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The Literature Timeline

• For 29 years, Peter Weiss produced a variety of
  plays, novels, essays, and films.
• 1952- wrote Der Schatten des Körpers des
  Kutschers, published 1959.
• 1959- autobiographical Abschied von den Eltern,
  published 1961.
• 1961- begins novel Fluchtpunkt, which was
  published in 1962.
• 1962- Writes Das Gespräch der drei Gehenden.
• 1963-begins work on Marat/Sade.
• 1965 - Awarded the Lessing Prize. On October 19
  Die Ermittlung has its premiere simultaneously in
  sixteen (both East and West) German theatres.
• 1966- Awarded Heinrich Mann Prize. Peter Brook
  films Marat/Sade.
• 1968 - Premiere of Viet Nam Diskurs.
• 1970- Premiere of Trotzki im Exil.
• 1971- Premere of Hölderlin.
• 1975- first volume of Die Ästhetik des
  Widerstands.
• 1978- second volume of Die Ästhetik des
  Widerstands.
• 1981- third volume of Die Ästhetik des
  Widerstands.

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Sources

• http//members.aol.com/emmybca/PeterWeiss.html
• http//www.complete-review.com/authors/weissp.htm
• www.derkanon.de/erzaehlungen/w-z.html
• www.stanford.edu/rtracey/IHUM/resources.html
• theatre.msu.edu/.../TheatreArchive/Weiss_Peter/
• www.amrep.org/marat/weiss.html
• http//www.bochum.de/museum/peterweiss2.jpg
• http//www.germanistik.fu-berlin.de/projekte/weiss
  2.jpg
• landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/blog.asp
• www.artes.uchile.cl/.../testigo4/autor.html
• www.duke.edu/german/weiss/weiss.html
• www.wikepedia.com

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We Hope That You Have Enjoyed This Production,
Goodbye.