Quick Facts About Peter Weiss
- Born
- November 8, 1916
- Died
- May 10, 1982
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Academic Administrator
- Notable works
- Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats
- Known for
- Leavetaking, The Aesthetics of Resistance, Fluchtpunkt, Marat/Sade
- Spouse
- Carlota Dethore
About Peter Weiss
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German and Swedish writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance, the latter of which has been called one of the "most important German-language work[s] of the 70s and 80s."
Biography source:
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