Toucan Prize (Tukan-Preis)
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1969) Winner
Tankred Dorst
タンクレット・ドスト
Tankred Dorst
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1925-12-19 （Oberlind (Sonneberg, Thuringia)）
- Died
- 2017-06-01 （Berlin） age 91
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Munich → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Storyteller
- Active Years
- 1950-2017
- Influenced By
- Eugène Ionesco, Jean Giraudoux, Samuel Beckett
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universities of Bamberg and Munich | — | German literature, art history, theatre | — | 1950年代 | Germany |
Universities of Bamberg and Munich
German literature, art history, theatre
Period:
1950年代
Country:
Germany
Studies interrupted
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Georg Büchner Prize | — | — | Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Gerhart Hauptmann Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Prize of the City of Florence | — | — | City of Florence | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Literature Prize of the Bayerische Akademie der Künste | — | — | Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | E.T.A. Hoffmann Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Max Frisch Prize | — | — | City of Zürich | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | European Prize for Literature | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Georg Büchner Prize
1990
Organization:
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result:
受賞
Gerhart Hauptmann Prize
1964
Result:
受賞
Prize of the City of Florence
1970
Organization:
City of Florence
Result:
受賞
Literature Prize of the Bayerische Akademie der Künste
1983
Organization:
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Result:
受賞
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
1989
Result:
受賞
E.T.A. Hoffmann Prize
1996
Result:
受賞
Max Frisch Prize
1998
Organization:
City of Zürich
Result:
受賞
Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize
2006
Result:
受賞
European Prize for Literature
2008
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Carl Zuckmayer Medal
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1987) Winner
Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (1990) Winner
Heinrich Heine Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1994) Winner
Max Frisch Prize (City of Zürich)
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1998) Winner
Schiller Memorial Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Merlin oder das wüste Land
1981 DramaMonumental drama premiered in 1981 in Düsseldorf, compared to Goethe's Faust.
Modern societyWasteland
Bibliography
- Die Kurve
- Toller
- Rotmord
- Sand
- Eiszeit
- Die Villa
- Klaras Mutter
- Mosch
- Merlin oder das wüste Land
- Strange Fruits
- Parzival
- Ich Feuerbach
- Korbes
- Karlos
- Herr Paul
- Die Legende vom armen Heinrich
- Kupsch
- Die Freude am Leben
- Othoon
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Farces, parables, one-act plays, and adaptations inspired by the theatre of the absurd
- Recurring Motifs
- Responses to great transformations of the times
Legacy
Prominent German playwright awarded numerous prizes, influential in contemporary theatre.
Quotes
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For 30 years Dorst's plays have responded to the great transformations. He has always been a companion to the times.
Source: Georg Hensel (tribute at Georg Büchner Prize conferment) (1990)
Trivia
- Conscripted into the German army at age 17, captured and held as POW until 1947.
- First directed the Ring of the Nibelung in Bayreuth in 2006.