Buchner, Georg b. October 17, 1813 d. February 19, 1837 Playwright. Although he died at the age of 23, leaving only three plays and an unfinished novella, his influence has vastly execeeded his slender output. He has been hailed as a forerunner of such literary movements as Naturalism, Metaphysical Symbolism, Expressionism, the Epic Theatre of Bertolt Brecht, and the Theatre of the Absurd, and his ideas and original style were so far ahead of their time that it was nearly a century after his death before his full stature was recognized...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Buchner Private Plot - Rigiblick, Fluntern, Zurich, Switzerland
b. October 17, 1813 d. February 19, 1837