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Max Frisch (1911–1991) was a Swiss writer, architect, playwright, and novelist. Born and died in Zurich, he held Swiss citizenship and spoke German and Italian. His literary output included works such as *Stiller*, *Montauk*, and *Biografie*. Frisch received several honors, including the Georg Büchner Prize, the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize, and the Schiller Memorial Prize. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Frisch was educated at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. He was a member of the Modern Language Association, the German Academy for Language and Literature, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His residences included Zurich, Rome, and Valle Onsernone. He had an unmarried partner, Ingeborg Bachmann. Frisch died of colorectal cancer from natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 May 1911
- Died
- 4 April 1991
- Works
- 327
Top works
- Homo Faber. Interpretationshilfe Deutsch
- Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien, Bd.356, Stiller
- Oder Die Reise nach Peking
- Montauk
- Biografie
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Zürich, Switzerland
Known for
- Autoren erzählen — Self2012
- Max Frisch - Gespräche im Alter — Himself1986
- Das Profil — Self1962
- Aus dem Bücherschrank geholt — Self1960
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,339
- Total plays
- 22,833
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Max Rudolf Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political commitment. His use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war publications. Frisch was one of the 22 founder members of the Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the Neusta
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 24,609x
- Ab Initio Calculation of Vibrational Absorption and Circular Dichroism Spectra Using Density Functional Force Fields
· 1994 · cited 22,166x
- A smooth particle mesh Ewald method
· 1995 · cited 21,527x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,499x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.”
- “The renunciation of recognition will never become possible without a certitude that our life is directed by a suprahuman authority.”
- “The horror of uncreative solitude.....”
- “How much self-knowledge is limited to presenting other people with a more precise and exact description of our weaknesses.”
- “You merely had an affair with me, to be exact, and therefore no right to prevent me from another affair.'”
- “Cause and effect are never divided between two people”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Max
- Family name
- Frisch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Zurich
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- prose
- Image
- ETH-BIB-Max Frisch-Com C20-015-023-001.tif
- Residence
- Valle Onsernone
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- Commons category
- Max Frisch
- date of birth
- 1911-05-15
- date of death
- 1991-04-04
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- topic's main category
- Category:Max Frisch
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- name in native language
- Max Frisch
- birth name
- Max Rudolf Frisch
- Commons Creator page
- Max Frisch
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
Sources (15)
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Max Frisch, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Max Rudolf Frisch ( German: [maks ˈfʁɪʃ] ; 15 May 1911 – 4 April 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist. Frisch's works focused on problems of identity, individuality, responsibility, morality, and political commitment. The use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war output. Frisch was one of the founders of Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the 1965 Jerusalem Prize, the 1973 Grand Schiller Prize, and the 1986 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Early years and education
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