Werner Schwab

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Werner Schwab was an Austrian playwright known for his darkly grotesque, experimental dramas that gained prominence in the late 20th-century German-language theater.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist
human
playwright
activeIn late 20th-century German-language theatre
artForm sculpture
theatre
causeOfDeath alcohol-related causes
contributedTo renewal of German-language drama in the 1990s
countryOfBirth Austria
countryOfCitizenship Austria
dateOfBirth 1958-02-04
dateOfDeath 1994-01-01
education Ortweinschule Graz (sculpture)
familyName Schwab
firstMajorSuccess Die Präsidentinnen
gender male
genre drama
theatre of the grotesque
givenName Werner
hasWorkCycle Faekaldramen (fecal dramas)
influenced German-language contemporary theatre
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement avant-garde theatre
postmodern theatre
name Werner Schwab
nationality Austrian
notableFor grotesque language
use of scatological imagery
notableWork Antiklimax
Die Präsidentinnen
Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos
Übergewicht, unwichtig: Unform
numberOfPlaysWritten over 15
occupation playwright
sculptor
placeOfBirth Graz
placeOfDeath Graz
regionOfActivity Austria
Germany
residence Graz
spouse Alexandra Schwab
style darkly grotesque
experimental
workedAs caretaker at the Graz Academy of Music and Performing Arts
yearsActiveAsPlaywright late 1980s–1994

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Schwab hasNotableBearer Werner Schwab
Werner Schwab name Werner Schwab