Famous European playwright, novelist,artist, illustrator Friedrich Durrenmatt created many literary works. Among them are short stories, novels, novels and plays. In the 60s, it became popular in our country. He even came to Russia several times. Literary works translated into Russian were in great demand among Soviet readers. In addition, according to his plays, performances were staged and films were made.
The beginning of the way
The biography of Friedrich Dürrenmatt began in 1921, when a boy was born into a Protestant priest’s family. This happened not far from Bern. In 1924 his sister Vroni was born.
The directors of the Free Gymnasium, as well as Humbolt, expressed displeasure at the fact that Durrenmatt was their student. Frederick did not study well, argued with teachers, criticized their teaching methods.
After graduating from school, he decided to get highereducation. One of the students at the University of Zurich was Durrenmatt. Frederick studied there painting and art history, philology and philosophy. The hero of this article has always loved drawing with a pencil and brush. Over time, he mastered this skill that he was able to do illustrations for his works. Sometimes he made sketches of costumes and scenery for his performances.
Literary path
Suddenly, Frederick felt the inclinationto writing. His first stories were published in 1943. It was "Christmas", "Executioner", "Son". Pretty gloomy works, consistent with the spirit of his time. The first play was “For it is said.” It was published in 1945. And in 1947 it was already put on the stage. The crime novel The Judge and Executioner Friedrich Dürrenmatt wrote in Ligerz in 1950. In German schools, this work is indicated in the mandatory program.
In Ligerz, Durrenmatt ended up afterwent there, having married actress Lottie Geisler in 1946. However, in 1983 she died, and Frederick remarried to Charlotte Kerr. She was not only an actress, but also a journalist and film producer. Together with her husband she was engaged in the production of films.
Known works
“The Visit of the Old Lady”, “Physics”, “Romulus the Great”wrote Durrenmatt. Frederick became a world celebrity after these plays were put on the theater stage. Over the years of his life, he wrote 23 plays, several short stories, novels, short stories, essays and radio plays. Among them are “the Greek is looking for Greek”, “Commission”, “Justice”, “Promise”, “Judge and his executioner”, “Suspicion”, “Accident”. He also wrote nonfiction. Among them - "Compliance", "I put myself behind Israel," "Notes from America." The author of the speeches addressed to V. Gavel and M. Gorbachev was also Durrenmatt. Frederick wrote them in 1990, when it was time for the socialist countries to rebuild.
The meaning of creativity
What did Friedrich Durrenmatt write about?Books of his that a man loses his spiritual roots. The author describes the chaos of our world, its cruelty. The fate of man is tragic, because he is powerless to change anything. But the writer conveys to the reader the meaning of his works through the grotesque. He does not use the techniques of tragedy in his literature. According to Dürrenmatt, all these techniques are in the past. Therefore, incompatible characters, strange situations, unusual problems and ways to solve them converge in one work. The objectives of the characters can also cause confusion among readers. In his works, Durrenmatt touches the moral side of life. Spiritual life, the moral principles of man - that's what worries him most of all, what he is trying to figure out. The writer's favorite topics are freedom, guilt, punishment, betrayal, loyalty, justice.
"Visit of the old lady"
This is one of the best literary works.Friedrich Dürrenmatt. This play tells the story of an elderly American billionaire Claire Tsakhanasyan. Once she came to the platform of a small town Gyullen, located in Central Europe. The lady immediately amazes the inhabitants of this town. The retinue surrounding her is extravagant. She moves on a palanquin, which is worn by two strong guys. Accompany her former husbands and two strange old man. In addition, along with the luggage she brought with her an empty coffin. This situation seems very ominous to everyone. So it turns out, when the old lady reveals her intentions to punish a man who seduced her in her youth. She gives a million dollars to the one who kills him. Claire offers many do this, but no one dares. Meanwhile, the actions of the billionaire show that she is confident that this will happen. Tsakhanasyan is preparing for the mourning ceremony, mourning wreaths are brought to the hotel. In his work, Durrenmatt demonstrates how people change if they are offered material well-being in exchange for an unseemly act. It is good to be noble, as long as there is no temptation, says Friedrich Durrenmatt.
"Promise"
Reviews about this work are different.Someone enthusiastically advises to read it, calling the novel a masterpiece of drama. Others are more reserved, but they note the serious work of the author, an excellent psychological analysis of the personality of the policeman, who is the main character of the work. “Promise” is the story of how, after the case of the murder of a little girl is closed, the policeman privately begins his investigation. He will have to sacrifice a lot to get to the truth.
"Physics"
Starting to read this play, we find ourselves inthe madhouse where the scientist Moebius lives. One day he kills nurse Monica. A police officer who investigated two similar crimes committed earlier in this insane asylum finds a contradiction between them. So he understands that they were committed by different people. Mobius is not at all crazy, as his two neighbors, who imagined themselves Einstein. He is consciously in a madhouse, and all his discoveries really exist.
Обязательно надо познакомиться с творчеством Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The plots are not banal, the topics are relevant. Constant change of action, unusual logic, interesting characters occupy the reader. The works give room for fantasy and philosophical reflection.
