Manfred Wekwerth
Manfred Wekwerth (Weckwerth; 3 December 1929 – 16 July 2014) was a German theatre and film director and writer. He was the director of the Berliner Ensemble theatre from 1977 to 1991. He was also an informant for East Germany's Stasi from 1965 until the German reunification.
Also recorded as Wekwerth, Manfred
Manfred Wekwerth
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- Name
- Manfred Wekwerth
- Birth Name
- Manfred Weckwerth
- Born
- 3 December 1929
- Birthplace
- Köthen, Free State of Anhalt, Weimar Republic
- Died
- 16 July 2014
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Occupation
- * Theatre director
- Nationality
- German Reich · German Democratic Republic · Germany
- Honours
- Order of Karl Marx · Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold · National Prize of East Germany
- Languages
- German
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Wekwerth was born in Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt. They had one child. Wekwerth died on 16 July 2014 in Berlin, aged 84.
Theodoros Terzopoulos is recorded as having studied under Manfred Wekwerth. The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Berliner Ensemble. Positions recorded include president and director. Distinctions recorded are Order of Karl Marx, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold and National Prize of East Germany.
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• Name — Manfred Wekwerth • Birth Name — Manfred Weckwerth • Born — 3 December 1929 • Birthplace — Köthen, Free State of Anhalt, Weimar Republic • Died — 16 July 2014 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — * Theatre director • film director • writer
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Selected filmography
• Katzgraben (1957) • Die Mutter (1958) • Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1961)
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1929
Manfred Wekwerth born at Köthen.
1981
Att förstå Brecht cav Manfred Wekwerth och Werner Hecht; samt en efterskrift till Brecht-symposiet av Willmar Sauter is dated 1981.
1995
Manfred Wekwerth im Gespräch mit Hans-Dieter Schütt is dated 1995.
2014
Manfred Wekwerth died at Berlin.
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- 1.Kai Schlüter: Günter Grass im Visier: die Stasi-Akte: eine Dokumentation mit Kommentaren … 2. Auflage. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2010, p. 184.
- 2.Hecht, Werner. Theatermacher Manfred Wekwerth ist tot. Berliner Zeitung. 17 July 2014.
- 3.Manfred Wekwerth obituary. The Guardian. 11 August 2014.
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Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. He was employed by Berliner Ensemble. Recorded positions include president and director. He belonged to Academy of Arts of the GDR and Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Wekwerth received Order of Karl Marx, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold and National Prize of East Germany. Recorded as politician, autobiographer, writer, screenwriter and director.
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