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Max Frisch
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Person

Max Frisch

1911 – 1991 · aged 80

Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)

Born
15 May 1911 · Zurich
Died
4 Apr 1991 · Zurich
Part ofSwitzerland218 BCE – todayReformed1497 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 15 May 1911BornBorn in Zurich
  2. 1938AwardConrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
  3. 1954AwardWilhelm Raabe Prize
  4. 1958AwardCharles Veillon prize in the German language
  5. 1958AwardGeorg Büchner Prize
  6. 1965AwardJerusalem Prize
  7. 1965AwardSchiller Memorial Prize
  8. 1973AwardSchiller prize
  9. 1976AwardPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
  10. 1984AwardCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  11. 1985AwardCommon Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
  12. 1986AwardNeustadt International Prize for Literature
  13. 1989AwardHeinrich Heine Prize
  14. 4 Apr 1991DiedDied in Zurich

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1911 – 1991).

  1. 1914 – 1918World War I
  2. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  3. 1917Balfour Declaration
  4. 1917February Revolution
  5. 1917October Revolution
  6. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  7. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  8. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  9. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  10. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  11. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  12. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  13. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1938Munich Agreement
  15. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  16. 1939 – 1945World War II
  17. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  18. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  19. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  20. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  21. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  22. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  23. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  24. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  26. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  27. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  29. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  30. 1956Suez Crisis
  31. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  33. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  35. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  37. 1968Prague Spring
  38. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  39. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  40. 19741974 FIFA World Cup

Biography

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.

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