Bertolt Brecht
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a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet
Born
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht 10 February 1898 Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died
14 August 1956 (aged 58) East Berlin, East Germany
Nationality
German
Occupation
Playwright theatre director poet
adultbasic
Germany
Children
Frank Banholzer Hanne Hiob Stefan Brecht Barbara Brecht-Schall
era
1800+
Genre
Epic theatre non-Aristotelian drama
Notable works
The Threepenny Opera Life of Galileo Mother Courage and Her Children The Good Person of Szechwan The Caucasian Chalk Circle Mr Puntila and his Man Matti The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Spouses
Marianne Zoff ( m. 1922; div. 1927) Helene Weigel ( m. 1930)