List of Max Frisch's writings

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The list of Max Frisch's writings is a directory based on the authorized edition of Collected Works in chronological order. Anniversary edition 1931–1985 . In a further section there are works that were not included in the Collected Works or that appeared later than 1985 or posthumously.

Collected works in chronological order

Max Frisch's Gesammelte Werke in chronological order have appeared in several versions (with book and paperback editions being identical in text):

  • Collected works in chronological order , ed. v. Hans Mayer with the assistance of Walter Schmitz , Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1976
    • in six volumes, linen [numbered in Roman numerals]
    • Paperback edition: 12 part volumes in a cassette (= Werkausgabe edition Suhrkamp) [numbered both in Roman-Arabic numerals (e.g. "Volume VI, 2") and in Arabic numerals (e.g. "wa 12")]
  • In 1986, on the occasion of Frisch's 75th birthday, an individually available expansion volume and the issues:
    • Collected works in chronological order. Anniversary edition in seven volumes 1931–1985 , ed. v. Hans Mayer with the assistance of Walter Schmitz and with the assistance of Johann S. Koch (volume seven). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 1986 [numbered in Roman numerals]
    • Paperback edition in 7 volumes (= Suhrkamp Taschenbuch st 1401–1407) [numbered in Arabic]

Titles in [square brackets] are from the editors.

Volume I, 1 (01) (1931-1944)

  • Small prose writings (1931–1939), p. 5
    • Mimic score? (1931), p. 7
    • What am I? (I) (1932), p. 10
    • What am I? (II) (1932), p. 16
    • He loves Greta Garbo (1932), p. 19
    • We're building a road (1932), p. 22
    • Friends and Strangers (1932), p. 27
    • [Review by: Marieluise Fleißer. Andorran Adventures] (1932), p. 32
    • Happy Holidays: seen behind the counter. Notes (1933), p. 34
    • Hungarian Sketches (1933), p. 39
    • When women are veiled. Letter from Sarajevo (1933), p. 46
    • Monastery visits (1933), p. 50
    • Glück in Greece (1933), p. 57
    • “Morath makes a dream come true”. On the new novel by Max Rene Hesse (1933), p. 66
    • Mundart (1934), p. 69
    • Snap or see? (1934), p. 70
    • [Review by: Carl Zuckmayer. A love story] (1934), p. 75
    • Small memory (1934), p. 76
    • The unread book lover. Ein Plädoyer (1935), p. 80
    • Small diary of a German trip (1935), p. 84
    • Is culture a private matter? Fundamentals of the Schauspielhausfrage (1938), p. 98
    • Splitter (1939), p. 105
  • Leaves from the bread sack (1939), p. 111
  • Small prose writings (1940–1943), p. 175
    • [Review by: Albin Zollinger. Pfannenstiel] (1940), p. 177
    • "The Messiah". The new novel by Alfred Funkhäuser (1940), p. 180
    • Sketches (1941), p. 184
    • On the stubbornness of the elderly (1941), p. 188
    • Art of anticipation. Architect's Notes (1941), p. 189
    • Albin Zollinger - To his memory (1941), p. 197
    • [Review by: AJ Welti. When Puritans Are Young] (1942), p. 203
    • Albin Zollinger as the narrator. On the day of his death on November 7 (1942), p. 206
    • Vom Arbeit (1943), p. 214
    • On the good mood and the seriousness of the time (1943), p. 220
  • Juerg Reinhart. A summery journey of fate . Roman (1933/34), p. 225

Volume I, 2 (02) (1931-1944)

Volume II, 1 (03) (1944-1949)

  • Santa Cruz . Eine Romance (1944), p. 5
    • [On Santa Cruz] (1946), p. 76
  • Now they are singing again. Attempt of a Requiem (1945), p. 79
    • [To Now They Sing Again] (1946), p. 137
  • The Great Wall of China . Eine Farce (1946. 1972), p. 139
    • Where is our piece set? Letter to the actress in a supporting role (1946), p. 217
    • On the Great Wall of China (1955), p. 220
    • Great Wall of China 1965, p. 226
  • When the war was over . Schauspiel (1947/48. 1962), p. 229
    • [On the staging of When the War Was Over] (1962), p. 277
    • [Afterword to When the War Was Over] (1948), p. 278
  • Small prose writings (1945–1949), p. 283
    • Uber Zeiteventis und Poetry (1945), p. 285
    • Notes on Dreams (1945), p. 290
    • Condemn or forgive? A letter to Bi, the author of the leading article in the NZZ of May 23, 1945 (1945), p. 292
    • Voices of another Germany? On the testimonies of Wiechert and Bergengruen (1946), p. 297
    • Das Schlaraffenland, Switzerland (1946), p. 312
    • Small afterword to an address by Thomas Mann (1947), p. 319
    • From a diary. For Hermann Hesse (1947), p. 323
    • On Bert Brecht: Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (1947), p. 326
    • [Speech for Bertolt Brecht] (1948), p. 330
    • Theater without Illusion (1948), p. 332
    • Culture as an Alibi (1949), p. 337
    • Friedrich Dürrenmatt. On his new piece "Romulus the Great" (1949), p. 344

Volume II, 2 (04) (1944-1949)

Volume III, 1 (05) (1949-1956)

  • Count Öderland . A mority in twelve pictures (1949/51. 1961), p. 5
    • On "Graf Öderland" (1956), p. 90
    • Work report (1961), p. 92
  • Don Juan or The Love of Geometry . Comedy in five acts (1952/53. 1961), p. 95
    • Subsequent additions to “Don Juan” (1953), p. 168
  • Small prose writings (1951–1954), p. 177
    • Spain - In the first impression (1951), p. 179
    • Orchids and vultures. A travel album from Mexico. October / November 1951, p. 196
    • Our Arrogance Towards America (1953), p. 222
    • Cum grano salis. A little gloss on Swiss architecture (1953), p. 230
    • Encounter with negroes. Impressions from America (1954), p. 243
  • The layman and architecture. A radio talk (1954), p. 261
  • Attention: Switzerland. A conversation about our situation and a proposal for action (1954), p. 291
  • Small prose writings (1955–1956), p. 341
    • Brecht als Klassiker (1955), p. 343
    • Who provides them with the plans? (1955), p. 346
    • From dealing with the incident (1956), p. 355

Volume III, 2 (06) (1949-1956)

  • Quieter . Roman (1953/54), p. 359
  • Rip van Winkle. Hörspiel (1953), pp. 781-835

Volume IV, 1 (07) (1957–1963)

  • Homo faber . A report (1955/57), p. 5
  • Small prose writings (1957–1963), p. 205
    • Talk to young teachers. Held on the occasion of a graduation ceremony (1957), p. 207
    • Paperback (1957), p. 217
    • [Speech for the national holiday on August 1, 1957], p. 220
    • Varlin (1958), p. 226
    • Emigrants. Speech on the award of the Georg Büchner Prize 1958, p. 229
    • Public as a partner (1958), p. 244
    • Peter Suhrkamp (1959), p. 253
    • Switzerland is a country without a utopia (1960), p. 258
    • [Answer to the survey: How should one build new theaters?] (1960), p. 260
    • Our Greed for Stories (1960), p. 262
    • Obituary for Albin Zollinger, the poet and compatriot, after twenty years (1961), p. 265
    • "Exposé on the competition for a new building for the Zurich Schauspielhaus" (1963), p. 272

Volume IV, 2 (08) (1957-1963)

  • Mr. Biedermann and the arsonists. Radio play (1952), p. 275
  • Biedermann and the arsonists . A teaching piece without teaching (1957), p. 325
  • Follow-up "to Biedermann and the arsonists" (1958), p. 391
  • The great anger of Philipp Hotz . Ein Schwank (1958), p. 417
    • [Follow-up remarks on Biedermann and Hotz] (1958), p. 454
    • [On the set of Hotz] (1958), p. 459
  • Andorra . Piece in twelve pictures (1957/61), p. 461
    • [Notes on Andorra] (1961), p. 561
    • Notes from the Samples (1962), pp. 562-571

Volume V, 1 (09) (1964-1967)

Volume V, 2 (10) (1964-1967)

  • Small prose writings (1964–1966), p. 321
    • I write for readers. Answers to questions presented (1964), p. 323
    • Teo Otto (1964), p. 335
    • The author and the theater. Speech at the Frankfurt Dramaturgentagung 1964, p. 339
    • Speech on the death of Kurt Hirschfeld (1964), p. 355
    • [Jerusalem Prize Speech] (1965), p. 360
    • Schiller Prize speech, p. 362
    • Unresolved Swiss Past (1965), p. 370
    • Überfremdung 1 (1965), p. 374
    • Überfremdung 2 (1966), p. 377
  • Zurich transit . Sketch of a film (1965), p. 401
  • Small prose writings (1966–1967), p. 453
    • We can finally say it again. An answer to Emil Staiger (1966), p. 455
    • Postscriptum (1967), p. 463
    • Reference to Ludwig Hohl, p. 465
    • Sketch. [On Günter Eich] (1967), p. 466
    • Greece 1967 (among others) and we (1967), p. 469
    • Second Degree Illusion (1967), p. 476
  • Biography: a game . (1966/67), p. 481
    • [Notes on biography] (1967), p. 579
    • In my own case (1968), p. 581

Volume VI, 1 (11) (1968–1975)

Volume VI, 2 (12) (1968–1975)

  • Wilhelm Tell for the school (1970), p. 405
  • Small prose writings (1968–1974), p. 471
    • Somebody was wrong (1968), p. 473
    • Back to the Cold War? (1968), p. 476
    • [Speech after the occupation of Czechoslovakia] (1968), p. 479
    • [Epilogue to: Andrej D. Sacharow. How I imagine the future] (1968), p. 484
    • How do we want to be governed? (1968), p. 494
    • Speech on the Zurich Debacle (1969), p. 500
    • It doesn't work like this (1971), p. 503
    • GH On Person (1972), p. 507
    • Switzerland as home? Speech on the award of the Great Schiller Prize (1974), p. 509
    • Open letter to the Swiss Federal Council (1974), p. 519
    • Fragment from a story (1974), p. 522
  • Dienstbüchlein (1973), p. 535
  • Montauk . Eine Erzählung (1974/75), p. 617
  • Small prose writings (1975), p. 755
    • Notes from a short trip to China 28.10. until November 4, 1975, pp. 757-784

Volume VII [13] (1976-1985)

  • Small prose writings (1976–1984), p. 5
    • We hope. Speech on the award of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1976, p. 7
    • Do we have a democratic public? Speech to the party congress of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland 1976, p. 20
    • Foreword to: Lev Kopelew “Verbots die Verbots!” (1976), p. 25
    • Speech to the delegates of the SPD party congress "Hamburg 1977", p. 34
    • [On terrorism. At the kidnapping of Aldo Moros] (1978), p. 40
    • Laudation for Alfred Andersch (1979), p. 42
    • When Gulliver Visited Switzerland (1979), p. 53
    • Political repression. Lecture on the occasion of the 35th Association Day of the VPOD in Interlaken 1979, p. 59
    • Laudation for Peter Bichsel (1981), p. 69
    • Speech on the death of Peter Noll (1982), p. 74
    • Mein Verleger (1984), p. 80
    • Speech to young doctors (1984), p. 82
  • Triptych . Three scenic pictures (1976/79), p. 93
  • Man appears in the Holocene . Eine Erzählung (1972/79), p. 205
  • Bluebeard . Eine Erzählung (1981/82), p. 301
  • Appendix, p. 405
    • The new version of Biography: Ein Spiel (1984), p. 408
    • Notes on Volume VII, p. 495
    • Title index for volumes I-VII, p. 501
    • Publications by Max Frisch, p. 507
    • Translations of the works of Max Frisch, p. 535
    • Complete table of contents, p. 549

more publishments

During Frisch's lifetime

Posthumous publications

Remarks

  1. ↑ Original edition: Cum grano salis. A small gloss on Swiss architecture In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 40, Issue 10, 1953, pp. 325–329.