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Peter Weiss

Swedish-German playwright and author (1916–1982)

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Born: 8 November 1916
Died: 10 May 1982
Works: 126

Top works

Turandot oder Der Kongre der Weiwscher / Publikumsbeschimpfung / Helm / Genusien / Fulein Julie / Goldene Stdte / Der frhliche Weinberg (Spectaculum -
Gesang vom lusitanischen Popanz
Dem Unerreichbaren auf der Spur
Von Insel zu Insel
Avantgardefilm

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Film & TV

Acting · Nowawes, Berlin, Germany

Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance".

Known for

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self (archive footage)2002
Strange Walks In and Through and Out1987
Memorandum — Himself - Playwright1967
The Flamboyant Sex — Madame's lover1961
Study III1953
Study II: Hallucinations1952
Study I Awakening1952

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: DE
Active from: 1687-10-12
Active to: 1750-10-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 478
Total plays: 6,092

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 84,878x
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,188x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,735x
RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,716x
<i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,314x

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Key facts

Born: Peter Ulrich Weiss , ( 1916-11-08 ) 8 November 1916, Nowawes , Brandenburg, Germany
Died: 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) (aged 65), Stockholm , Sweden
Citizenship: Swedish
Alma mater: Polytechnic School of Photography ; Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Works: Marat/Sade ; The Aesthetics of Resistance
Movement: Avant-garde
Spouses: Helga Henschen (1943) Carlota Dethorey (1949) Gunilla Palmstierna (1964)

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Key dates

Born: 8 November 1916
Died: 10 May 1982

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ulrich
Family name: Weiss
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Babelsberg
Place of death: Stockholm
Occupation: script
Educated at: Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
Languages spoken: Swedish

Article

Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance.

Peter Weiss earned his reputation in the post-war German literary world as the proponent of an avant-garde, meticulously descriptive writing, as an exponent of autobiographical prose, and also as a politically engaged dramatist. He gained international success with Marat/Sade, the American production of which was awarded a Tony Award and its subsequent film adaptation directed by Peter Brook. His "Auschwitz Oratorium" The Investigation, served to broaden the debates over the so-called "Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit" (or formerly) "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" or "politics of history". Weiss's magnum opus was The Aesthetics of Resistance, called one of the "most important German-language work[s] of the 70s and 80s." His early, surrealist-inspired work as a painter and experimental filmmaker remains less well known.