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20th-century dramaturges

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Albert BoadellaPerson · Film memorabiliaAlbert Boadella Oncins (born 30 July 1943, in Barcelona) is a Spanish actor and playwright.
Aleksei ArbuzovPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Aleksei Arbuzov
Alexander AfinogenovAuthor · BooksAlexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov (4 April 1904, – 29 October 1941) was a Russian and Soviet playwright.
Alexander StefanovichPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Borisovich Stefanovich (13 December 1944 – 13 July 2021) was a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Cavalier of Order of Friendship.
Alfréd RadokPerson · Film memorabiliaAlfréd Radok (17 December 1914 in – 22 April 1976) was a distinguished Czech stage director and film director. Radok's work belongs with the top Czech stage direction of the 20th century.
Alojz RebulaAuthor · BooksAlojz Rebula (June 21, 1924 – October 23, 2018) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, and translator, and a prominent member of the Slovene minority in Italy.
Anna ŚwirszczyńskaAuthor · BooksAnna Świrszczyńska (ˈanna ɕvirʂˈt͡ʂɨj̃ska; also known as Anna Swir) (1909–1984) was a Polish poet whose works deal with themes including her experiences during World War II, motherhood, the…
Antón ArrufatAuthor · BooksAntón Arrufat Mrad (14 August 1935 – 21 May 2023) was a Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
Asteris KoutoulasPerson · Film memorabiliaAsteris Koutoulas (also known as Asteris Kutulas) (born 1960 4 5) is a Greek-Romanian event and music producer, publicist, translator, filmmaker and author.
Bogusław SchaefferPerson · Music memorabiliaBogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers…
Botho StraussAuthor · BooksBotho Strauss (written as Botho Strauß) (born 2 December 1944) is a German playwright, novelist, and essayist.
Brendan BehanAuthor · BooksBrendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) (Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish…
Brian YorkeyPerson · Music memorabiliaBrian Yorkey is an American playwright and lyricist. His works often explore dark and controversial subject matter such as mental illness, grief, the underbelly of suburbia, and ethics in…
Bruno ApitzPerson · Film memorabiliaBruno Apitz (28 April 1900 – 7 April 1979) was a German writer and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Budimir MetalnikovPerson · Film memorabiliaBudimir Alekseyevich Metalnikov (27 September 1925 – 1 September 2001) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter.
Carole FréchettePerson · Film memorabiliaCarole Fréchette (born 1949) is a Canadian playwright. She won the Siminovitch Prize in 2002.
Cesare ZavattiniArtist · Comics and comic artCesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents of the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema.
Charles LewinskyAuthor · BooksCharles Lewinsky is a Swiss screenwriter and playwright, as well as a writer of novels and non-fiction, born and living in Zürich. He is known for his TV script Fascht e Familie.
David Henry HwangAuthor · Books
David WilliamsonPerson · Film memorabilia
Didier Van CauwelaertAuthor · BooksIllustration — 2013
Dimitri VerhulstPerson · Film memorabiliaDimitri Verhulst (born 2 October 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He is best known for his novels Problemski Hotel and The Misfortunates.
Drago JančarAuthor · BooksDrago Jančar (pron; born 13 April 1948) is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the best-known contemporary Slovene writers.
Dževad KarahasanAuthor · BooksDževad Karahasan (25 January 1953 – 19 May 2023) was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.
Edgardo CozarinskyPerson · Film memorabiliaEdgardo Cozarinsky (eðˈɣaɾðo kosaˈɾinski; 13 January 1939 – 2 June 2024) was an Argentine writer and filmmaker. He was best known for his Spanish-language novel Vudú urbano.
Edward TopolAuthor · BooksEduard Vladimirovich Topol, real name Topelberg (born 8 October 1938), is a Russian writer, film producer and screenwriter.
Emma DantePerson · Film memorabiliaEmma Dante (born 6 April 1967) is an Italian playwright, theatre director and stage actress. She wrote, directed and starred in the 2013 film A Street in Palermo.
Ennio FlaianoAuthor · BooksEnnio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic.
Ernst GlaeserAuthor · BooksErnst Glaeser (29 July 1902 – 8 February 1963) was a German writer, known for his best-selling pacifist novel Jahrgang 1902 ("Born in 1902").
Falk HarnackPerson · Film memorabiliaFalk Harnack (2 March 1913 – 3 September 1991) was a German director and screenwriter.
Felicitas HoppeAuthor · BooksFelicitas Hoppe (born 22 December 1960) is a German writer. She received the Georg Büchner Prize in 2012.
Fritz HochwälderAuthor · BooksFritz Hochwälder (28 May 1911 – 21 October 1986) also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright.
Goran MarkovićAuthor · BooksGoran Marković (Горан Марковић, pron) (born 24 August 1946) is a Serbian film and theatre director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright.
Götz FriedrichPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Friedrich in 1975
Gunnar StaalesenAuthor · BooksGunnar Staalesen (born 19 October 1947) is a Norwegian writer. He is a major figure in the Nordic noir crime fiction genre through his 20 novels featuring Varg Veum, a private detective in…
György FehérPerson · Film memorabiliaGyörgy Fehér (12 February 1939 – 15 July 2002) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Hanns ZischlerPerson · Film memorabiliaHanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor known for his cooperation with Wim Wenders's early films especially Kings of the Road (1976).
Hans Jakob WeidemannPhotographer · PhotographyHans Weidemann (1904–1975) was a German artist, photographer and film director.
Hanus BurgerPerson · Film memorabiliaHans Herbert Burger (June 4, 1909 Prague – November 13, 1990, Munich), also known as Hanuš Burger, Hans Burger, and Jan Burger, as well as under the pseudonyms Hans Herbert and Petr Hradec,…
Heinz G. KonsalikAuthor · BooksHeinz G. Konsalik (lang; born Heinz Günther; 28 May 19212 October 1999) was a German novelist. Konsalik was his mother's maiden name.
Hellmuth KarasekPerson · Film memorabiliaHellmuth Karasek (4 January 1934 – 29 September 2015) was a German journalist, literary critic, novelist, and the author of many books on literature and film.
Herbert MeierAuthor · BooksHerbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Swiss writer and translator.
Hossein NuriArtist · PaintingsHossein Nuri (also spelled Hosein Noori or Hussein Nouri) (born 1 July 1954) is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director.
István CsurkaAuthor · Books
Jackie CurtisAuthor · BooksJackie Curtis (born John Curtis Holder Jr.; February 19, 1947 – May 15, 1985) was an American underground actor, singer, and playwright best known as a Warhol superstar.
Jan OtčenášekAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jan Otčenášek in 1964
Jaroslav RudišPerson · Music memorabiliaJaroslav Rudiš (born 8 June 1972 in Turnov) is a Czech writer, journalist and musician.
John KachoyanPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Kachoyan is an Armenian-Australian director, writer, and dramaturg. He is a co-founder of Iron Bark, a theatre company in London, specialising in new Australian plays, and the former…
Joseph BrodskyAuthor · BooksIosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Juan MargalloPerson · Film memorabiliaJuan Francisco Margallo Rivera (24 September 1940 – 2 March 2025) was a Spanish actor, theatre director and dramaturge.
Kenneth TynanPerson · Film memorabiliaKenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer.
Koulsy LamkoPerson · Film memorabiliaKoulsy Lamko was born in Dadouar, Lamko left his country for Burkina Faso in 1979 due to the beginning of the civil war. There, he became acqu
László DarvasiAuthor · BooksLászló Darvasi (born 17 October 1962) is a Hungarian poet, playwright and columnist. He also writes under the pseudonym Ernő Szív.
Lillian HellmanAuthor · BooksLillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist…
Lola AriasPerson · Music memorabiliaLola Arias (born 3 December 1976) is an Argentine writer, theatre, and film director known for her diverse creative pursuits spanning multiple artistic media.
Lourenço MutarelliArtist · Comics and comic artLourenço Mutarelli (born April 18, 1964) is a Brazilian comic book artist, writer and actor who became well regarded in the Brazilian underground comics scene in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Ludvík AškenazyAuthor · BooksLudvík Aškenazy (24 February 1921 – 18 March 1986) was a Czech-Jewish writer and journalist.
Luigi De FilippoAuthor · BooksLuigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright.
Lukas BärfussAuthor · BooksLukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019.
Lyudmila UlitskayaAuthor · BooksLyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya (born February 21, 1943) is an internationally acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer who, in 2014, was awarded the prestigious Austrian…
Magaly AlabauAuthor · BooksMagaly Alabau was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, she has lived in New York since 1966. She co-founded the Spanish-English ensemble Teatro Dúo/Duo Theatre with Man
Maja HaderlapAuthor · BooksMaja Haderlap (born 8 March 1961 in Eisenkappel-Vellach (Železna Kapla-Bela, Carinthia)) is a bilingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer, best known for her multiple-award-winning novel,…
Marie LabergeAuthor · BooksMarie Laberge (born November 29, 1950) is a Quebec actress, educator and writer.
Mario Vargas LlosaAuthor · BooksJorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician.
Marius von MayenburgAuthor · BooksMarius von Mayenburg (born 21 February 1972 in Munich) is a German playwright and dramaturg.
Max FärberböckPerson · Film memorabiliaMax Färberböck (born 22 September 1950) is a German film director and writer. He began his career at theaters in Buenos Aires and in Italy.
Michael McClurePerson · Music memorabiliaMichael McClure (October 20, 1932 – May 4, 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist.
Michèle LalondeAuthor · BooksMichèle Lalonde (July 28, 1937 – July 22, 2021) was a Canadian dramatist, essayist, playwright and poet for print and radio.
Miguel HernándezAuthor · BooksMiguel Hernández Gilabert (30 October 1910 – 28 March 1942) was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36…
Miklós VámosAuthor · Books
Miodrag PavlovićAuthor · BooksMiodrag Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Павловић; 28 November 1928 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian poet, physician writer, critic and academic.
Ofelia MedinaPerson · Film memorabiliaMaría Ofelia Medina Torres (born March 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and film screenwriter.
Otmar MáchaPerson · Music memorabiliaOtmar Mácha (2 October 1922 in Mariánské Hory, Ostrava
Peter HacksAuthor · BooksPeter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
Peter MorganAuthor · BooksPeter Julian Robin Morgan (born 10 April 1963) is a British playwright and screenwriter.
Petr WeiglPerson · Film memorabiliaPetr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018) was a Czech director and playwright.
Renate AichingerAuthor · BooksRenate Aichinger (born 28 November 1976 in Salzburg) is an Austrian playwright and theatre director.
René DaumalAuthor · BooksRené Daumal (ʁəne domal; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French poet, essayist, novelist, dramatist, literary critic, translator and scholar of Sanskrit and Indian aesthetics.
Richard GreenbergAuthor · BooksRichard Greenberg (February 22, 1958 – July 4, 2025) was an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life.
Ron McLartyAuthor · BooksRonald William McLarty (April 26, 1947 – February 8, 2020) was an American actor, playwright, and novelist.
Sándor ZsótérPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Sándor Zsótér, photo by Gáspár Stekovics
Sara Bergmark ElfgrenArtist · Comics and comic artSara Bergmark Elfgren (born 1980) is a Swedish writer and screenwriter.
Stanisław DygatAuthor · BooksStanisław Ludwik Dygat (staˈɲi.swaf ˈdɨ.ɡat; 5 December 1914, Warsaw – 29 January 1978, Warsaw) was a Polish writer.
Stephen SondheimPerson · Music memorabiliaStephen Joshua Sondheim (March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist.
Tadeusz KonwickiPerson · Film memorabiliaTadeusz Konwicki (22 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Polish writer and film director, as well as a member of the Polish Language Council.
Theodor KallifatidesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Theodor Kallifatides, 2018
Thomas HürlimannAuthor · BooksThomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist.
Thomas WolfeAuthor · BooksThomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Vicente Molina FoixAuthor · BooksVicente Molina Foix (born 18 October 1946) is a Spanish writer and film director.
Viktoriya TokarevaAuthor · BooksViktoriya Samuilovna Tokareva (born 20 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer.
Vincenzo CeramiAuthor · BooksVincenzo Cerami (2 November 1940 – 17 July 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, novelist and poet.
Volker BraunAuthor · BooksVolker Braun (born 7 May 1939 in Dresden) is a German writer. His works include Provokation für mich (Provocation for me) – a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published…
Wendy WassersteinAuthor · BooksWendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
Xavier VillaurrutiaAuthor · BooksXavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas…
YovannaAuthor · BooksIoanna Fassou Kalpaxi (Greek: Ιωάννα Φάσσου Καλπαξή; born 14 November 1938), known professionally as Yovanna, is a Greek singer, novelist and poet known for her participation in the 1965…
Zakes MdaArtist · SculptureZanemvula Kizito Gatyeni "Zakes" Mda (born 6 October 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright.

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