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Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance .
Peter Weiss (born Nov. 8, 1916, Nowawes, near Potsdam, Ger.—died May 10, 1982, Stockholm, Swed.) was a German dramatist and novelist whose plays achieved widespread success in both Europe and the United States in the 1960s.
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The Investigation (1965) is a play by German playwright Peter Weiss that depicts the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963–1965. It carries the subtitle "Oratorio in 11 Cantos". Weiss was an observer at the trials and developed the play partially from the reports of Bernd Naumann.
Learn about the life and career of Peter Weiss, a prominent German-born Swedish playwright and novelist of the postwar era. Explore his experimental, surreal, and political writings, such as Marat/Sade, The Investigation, and The Trial.
Peter Weiss (1916-1982) was a German-born Swedish writer, director and editor who fled Nazi Germany and wrote prolifically and politically. He is best known for his play "The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis De Sade".
- Writer, Director, Editor
- November 8, 1916
- Peter Weiss
- May 10, 1982
The Investigation is a play by Peter Weiss based on the testimonies of witnesses and defendants of the Auschwitz trial. It uses a numerological structure and a plain language to create a theatrical but nondramatic documentation of the atrocities of Auschwitz.
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Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, and artist of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his play Marat/Sade and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance. Weiss' first art exhibition took place in 1936. His first produced play was Der Turm in 1950.
