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Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1921 - 1990

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] ; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Dürrenmatt was a member of the Gruppe Olten, a group of left-wing Swiss writers who convened regularly at a restaurant in the city of Olten. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Dürrenmatt is the 338th most popular writer (up from 371st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 2nd most popular Swiss Writer.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt is most famous for his novels, which often deal with the themes of justice and revenge.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 338 out of 7,302. Before him are Apollonius of Rhodes, Philip K. Dick, Michael Ende, Saadi Shirazi, Christine de Pizan, and Mario Puzo. After him are Ève Curie, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Maurice Leblanc, Arion, Archilochus, and Mikhail Lermontov.

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Among people born in 1921, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 15. Before him are Andrei Sakharov, Astor Piazzolla, Stanisław Lem, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Yves Montand, and Fahd of Saudi Arabia. After him are Hua Guofeng, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nancy Reagan, John Rawls, Giulietta Masina, and Simone Signoret. Among people deceased in 1990, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 11. Before him are Louis Althusser, Sammy Davis Jr., Alberto Moravia, Leonard Bernstein, Yun Posun, and Ava Gardner. After him are B. F. Skinner, Roald Dahl, Pavel Cherenkov, Sarah Vaughan, Sergei Parajanov, and Norbert Elias.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 27 out of 1,015. Before him are Diego Garcia (null), Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945), Albert I of Germany (1255), Johanna Spyri (1827), Alberto Giacometti (1901), and Heinrich Rohrer (1933). After him are Conrad Gessner (1516), Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), and Emil Theodor Kocher (1841).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 2. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827). After him are Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).

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