Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 67 (1992) Winner
George Tabori
ジョージ・タボリ
Jōji Tabori
Aliases:
György Tábori
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-05-24 （Budapest）
- Died
- 2007-07-23 （Berlin） age 93
- Nationality
- Hungarian, British, American, German
- Languages
- Hungarian, English, German
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Budapest → Berlin → London → United States → West Germany (Berlin, Munich, Vienna)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Playwright, Theatre director, Screenwriter, Translator
- Active Years
- 1950-2007
- Influenced By
- Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis | — | — | Theater der Stadt Mülheim | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis | — | — | Theater der Stadt Mülheim | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Kassel Literary Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Nestroy Theatre Prize | — | 生涯功労賞 | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | German Academy for Language and Literature | 受賞 |
| 1954 | BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay | The Young Lovers | — | BAFTA | 受賞 |
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
1983
Organization:
Theater der Stadt Mülheim
Result:
受賞
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
1990
Organization:
Theater der Stadt Mülheim
Result:
受賞
Kassel Literary Prize
2001
Result:
受賞
Nestroy Theatre Prize
2001
Category:
生涯功労賞
Result:
受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
1992
Organization:
German Academy for Language and Literature
Result:
受賞
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay
1954
Work:
The Young Lovers
Organization:
BAFTA
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2001) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Cannibals
1968 PlayA play dealing with the Holocaust
HolocaustJewish identity
Goldberg Variations
1991 PlaySatirical farce based on Biblical stories
BibleSatire
My Mother's Courage
1979 PlayAutobiographical story
FamilyHolocaust
Adaptations
- [Film] My Mother's Courage (1995)
Bibliography
- Flight into Egypt (1952)
- The Emperor's Clothes (1953)
- Brou Ha Ha (1958)
- Brecht on Brecht (1960)
- The Niggerlovers (1967)
- The Cannibals (1968)
- The Prince (1970)
- Pinkville (1971)
- My Mother's Courage (1979)
- Jubilee (1983)
- Goldberg Variations (1991)
- Mein Kampf (1993)
Adaptations
- Crisis (1950)
- Leo the Last (1970)
- My Mother's Courage (1995)
- Dawn of Evil: Rise of the Reich (2009)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Bertolt Brecht
- Translations of Max Frisch
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalImprovisationalExperimental
- Recurring Motifs
- HolocaustJewish identityFamily
Legacy
Known as an innovative playwright dealing with the Holocaust, highly regarded in German-speaking world.
Trivia
- His father was murdered in Auschwitz.
- His brother Paul Tabori was also a writer.
- Married Viveca Lindfors and adopted son Kristoffer Tabori.