What is Friedrich Dürrenmatt?
[[File:Friedrich duerrenmatt 19890427.jpg|thumb|Dürrenmatt in April 1989]] '''Friedrich Dürrenmatt''' (January 5, 1921 in [[Konolfingen]], [[Bern (canton)|canton of Bern]] {{ndash}} December 14, 1990 in [[Neuchâtel]]) was a writer and philosopher from [[Switzerland]]. == Personal life == Dürrenmatt was the son of a [[protestant]] [[pastor]]. He was always interested in drawing. He went to school until 1941, afterwards he studied philosophy, sciences (deep point physics) and German literature at the [[University of Bern]]. He dropped studies in 1946, when he published his first written work. One year later he married the Swiss [[actor|actress]] Lotti Geissler (1919–1983). They had three children. The financial situation of the family got better, when Dürrenmatt began to write [[radio drama]]s and [[crime fiction]]. In 1984 he married the German actress and [[television director]] [[Charlotte Kerr]] (1927–2011). His world-wide success is based on two [[Play (theatre)|plays]]: ''The Visit'' and ''The Physicists''. == Selected Works == * Romulus the Great (''Romulus der Große'', 1950, play) * The Judge and His Hangman (''Der Richter und sein Henker'', 1950, [[novella]]) * Suspicion (''Der Verdacht'', 1951, also known as ''The Quarry'', novella) * The Tunnel (''Der Tunnel'', 1952, [[short story]]) * The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (''Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi'', 1952, play) * Theatre Problems (''Theaterprobleme'', 1954, [[essay]]) * Once a Greek (''Grieche sucht Griechin'', 1955, [[novel]]) * The Visit (''Der Besuch der alten Dame'', 1956, play) * A Dangerous Game (''Die Panne'', 1956, novel / novella, also known as ''Traps'') * The Pledge (''Das Versprechen'', 1958, novella) * The Physicists (''Die Physiker'', 1962, play) * King John (''König Johann'', 1968, play) * ''Play Strindberg'' (1969, play) * Monster Lecture on Justice and Law (''Monstervortrag'', 1969, [[lecture]]) * The Coup (''Der Sturz'', 1971, short story) * ''Achterloo'' (1982, play) * The Execution of Justice (''Justiz'', 1985, novel) * The As