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René Pollesch

René Pollesch

German author and playwright (1962–2024)

René Pollesch (29 October 1962 – 26 February 2024) was a German author and dramatist.

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Life and career

From 1983 to 1989, he studied Applied Theatre Studies at the University of Giessen.[1] He won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2001 for world wide web-slums[2] and again in 2006 for Cappuccetto Rosso.[3] He was named as the new director of Berlin's Volksbühne Theatre in 2019 and took up the role in 2021. Pollesch died in Berlin on 26 February 2024, at the age of 61.[4][5] He outed himself as gay.[6]

Sources

  • Franz-Josef Deiters: "'Mit Hamlet kann ich meinen Alltag nicht bewältigen'. René Polnischs Theorietheater des Nichtrepräsentierbaren". In: Franz-Josef Deiters: Neues Welttheater? Zur Mediologie des Theaters der Neo-Avantgarden. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2022, pp. 85-113 (ISBN 978-3-503-20998-9).

References

  1. [1]
    New German dramatic art
  2. [2]
    "Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis für René Pollesch". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 11 June 2001.
  3. [3]
    J. S. Marcus (17 August 2007). "Theater With a Biting View of Society". Wall Street Journal.
  4. [4]
    Volksbühnen-Intendant René Pollesch ist tot (in German)
  5. [5]
    René Pollesch, maverick German theatre director, dies aged 61
  6. [6]
    Queer.de: Theaterwelt trauert um René Pollesch, 27 Februar 2024
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