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Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Bertolt Brecht was born in Augsburg on 10 February 1898 and died in Berlin on 14 August 1956. He grew to maturity as a playwright in the frenetic years of the twenties and early thirties, with such plays as "Man equals Man", "The Threepenny Opera" and "The Mother". He left Germany when Hitler came to power in 1933, eventually reaching the United States in 1941, where he remained until 1947. It was during this period of exile that such masterpieces as "Life of Galileo", "Mother Courage" and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" were written. Shortly after his return to Europe in 1947 he founded the Berliner Ensemble, and from then until his death was mainly occupied in producing his own plays.
From John Willett & Ralph Manheim: Brecht Collected
Plays: Two, Methuen, 1994
