Frank Wedekind

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Frank Wedekind
Frank Wedekind
pada 1883
LahirBenjamin Franklin Wedekind
(1864-07-24)24 Juli 1864
Hanover, Konfederasi Jerman
Meninggal9 Maret 1918(1918-03-09) (umur 53)
Munich, German Empire
KebangsaanJerman
Pekerjaanpengarang sandiwara

Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (24 Juli 1864 – 9 Maret 1918) adalah seorang pengarang sandiwara asal Jerman. Seringkali mengkritik sikap burjois (terutama terhadap seks), karyanya dianggap mempelopori ekspresionisme dan mempengaruhi pengembangan teater epik.[1]

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  1. ^ See Banham (1998) and Willett (1959). In his Messingkauf Dialogues, Brecht cites Wedekind, along with Büchner and Valentin, as his "chief influences" in his early years: "he", Brecht writes of himself in the third person, "also saw the writer Wedekind performing his own works in a style which he had developed in cabaret. Wedekind had worked as a ballad singer; he accompanied himself on the lute." (1965, 69).

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