Bertolt Brecht

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Bertolt Brecht

Brecht in 1955
Born
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht

10 February 1898
Augsburg, Bavaria, German Empire
Died 14 August 1956
East Berlin, East Germany
Nationality German
Ideology Marxism


Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht, was a Marxist poet and playwright who has written socialist critiques of theater and culture and has composed many revolutionary music. He was educated into Marxism by Karl Korsch and has collaborated with many communist artists like Hanns Esler.[1]

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References

  1. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Bertolt Brecht". Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht. Accessed 30 October 2025.