Stefan Brecht
Stefan Brecht (born November 3, 1924 in Berlin , † April 13, 2009 in New York ) was an American writer of German origin.
Life
Stefan Brecht was the son of the playwright Bertolt Brecht and the actress Helene Weigel . After the Second World War, he did not return to Germany with his family from exile in America, but studied at the University of California and Harvard University . He was drafted into the US Army in 1944, but no longer sent to war. He completed his studies with a doctorate in philosophy. He then worked first at the Paris École pratique des hautes études , then as a lecturer at the University of Miami . Since the 1960s, Brecht was the author of numerous books and volumes of poetry.
With the death of his mother in 1971, he and his siblings Barbara Brecht-Schall and Hanne Hiob took over the rights to his father's inheritance. He was the authorized heir and was particularly responsible for the administration of rights in English-speaking countries.
Stefan Brecht and the costume designer Mary McDonough had children Sarah and Sebastian.
Works (selection)
- 1978–1988: The Original Theater Of The City Of New York , 3 volumes ( The Theater Of Visions: Robert Wilson , Queer Theater , Peter Schumann 's Bread And Puppet Theater )
- 1978: Poems (German 1981: poems )
- 2005: 8th Avenue Poems
literature
- Wolfgang Conrad, Ernst-Ullrich Pinkert, Erich Unglaub: Brecht's sons. Topography, biography, work , Lang, Frankfurt a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-631-58376-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Stefan Brecht in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Ana Kugli, Michael Opitz (ed.): Brecht Lexikon. Stuttgart and Weimar 2006, p. 104
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brecht, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer of German origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2009 |
| Place of death | New York City |