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| Year | Family Education Honors | Literary Works |
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| 1921 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt is born on Janury, 5th in Konolfingen, a small town in canton Bern, as son of a protestant pastor. | |
| 1941 1945 | Studies in philosophy, literature and sciences at the universities of Zurich and Bern. | Der Alte (1945) |
| 1946 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt marries Lotti Geissler, they have three children: Peter (1947), Barbara (1949) and Ruth (1951). Dürrenmatt works as a cartoonist and theatre critic for Swiss newspapers. | Es steht geschrieben (drama, 1947); Der Blinde (drama, 1947) |
| 1948 | The Dürrenmatt family moves to Ligerz (Lake of Biel). | Romulus der Große (drama, 1950); Der Richter und sein Henker (drama, 1950); Der Verdacht (1951); Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (drama, 1952); |
| 1952 | The Dürrenmatt family moves to an own house in Neuchâtel. | Ein Engel kommt nach Babylon (drama, 1954); Herkules und der Stall des Augias (drama and radio play, 1954); Der Besuch der alten Dame (drama, 1956); Die Panne (short story and radio play, 1956); Das Versprechen (novel, 1957, filmed as Es geschah am hellichten Tag); Grieche sucht Griechin (novel); Die Stadt (short story) |
| 1959 | Friedrich Schiller-Preis (1959) | Frank der Fünfte. Oper einer Privatbank (drama, 1960); Die Physiker ([the physicists] drama, 1962); Titus Andronicus (drama); Die Wiedertäufer (drama); Der Meteor (1966); König Johann (drama); Play Strindberg (1969); Sätze aus Amerika (1970); Der Sturz (short story, 1971) |
| 1972 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt refuses a call to become director of Zurich's Schauspielhaus (main theatre), | Der Mitmacher (1976) |
| 1983 | Friedrich Dürrenmatt's first wife dies. One year later he marries Charlotte Kerr, a movie maker, actress and journalist. | |
1986 1990 |
Georg Büchner-Preis (1986, donated by the German Academy for Language
and Poetry) Friedrich Dürrenmatt dies in Neuchâtel on December, 14th, 1990 shortly before his 70st anniversary. |
Late Works Achterloo (1988) is Friedrich Dürrenmatt's last comedy. Justiz (1985); Der Auftrag (1986); Durcheinandertal (1989); Nächtliches Gespräch (radio play); Das Unternehmen der Wega (radio play); Der Prozeß um des Esels Schatten (radio play); Abendstunde im Spätherbst (radio play); Stranitzky und der Nationalheld (radio play); Der Doppelgänger (radio play); Monstervortrag über Gerechtigkeit (lecture); Midas oder die Schwarze Leinwand (1991); Kants Hoffnung (1991); Gedankenfuge (1992); Das Mögliche ist ungeheuer (1993); Der Pensionierte |
Other honors for Friedrich Dürrenmatt include five honorary doctor titles and a price by New York's theater critics.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt had a pessimist view on modern life in general and on justice in particular. He was convinced that a story is finished only when it has changed for the worst possible (which is not foreseeable but comes at random).
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