Who is Friedrich Durrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] (listen); 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.Life
Dürrenmatt was born in Konolfingen, canton of Bern, the son of a Protestant pastor. His grandfather, Ulrich Dürrenmatt, was a conservative politician. The family moved to Bern in 1935. Dürrenmatt began studies in philosophy, German philology and German literature at the ...
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- Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.
- Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
- Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.
- Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
- News reports don't change the world. Only facts change it, and those have already happened when we get the news.
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