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Ivan Nagel

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Ivan Nagel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-06-28 (Budapest)
Died
2012-04-09 (Berlin) age 80
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Budapest → Paris → Zürich → Frankfurt am Main → Munich → Hamburg → New York → Stuttgart → Berlin

Career

Occupations
theater scholar, critic, theater director
Active Years
1950-2012
Affiliations
Munich Kammerspiele, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Berlin University of the Arts
Influenced By
Theodor W. Adorno
Influenced
Peter Zadek

Education

Goethe University Frankfurt
Faculty of Philosophy / Philosophy
Period: 1950年代
Country: Germany
Studied under Theodor W. Adorno

Awards

Moses Mendelssohn Prize
2000
Result: 受賞
Order of Merit of Berlin
2002
Organization: Land Berlin
Result: 受賞
Bundesverdienstkreuz
2003
Organization: Federal Republic of Germany
Result: 受賞
Ernst Bloch Prize
2003
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Autonomy and Mercy

Theatre Theory

Book about Mozart's Opera

AutonomyMercy
Translations
  • Translated into English, French, and Japanese

Style & Themes

Literary Style
theatre theoreticalcritical
Recurring Motifs
Holocaust influenceinternational theatre

Legacy

Renowned theater theorist and director. Founded Theater der Welt festival.

Archives

  • German National Library

In Popular Culture

  • Introduced works by Peter Brook and Ariane Mnouchkine

Trivia

  • From a Jewish family that fled the Holocaust
  • Denied university study by communist regime and fled
  • Conceived the Theater der Welt festival