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| | ITI/UNESCO: Tankred Dorst biographical data (in English) |
 | | Tankred Dorst was born on December 12, 1925 in the Thuringian town of Oberlind. |
 | | Dorst's work has been recognized with many prizes and distinctions, including the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize (1964), Prize of the City of Florence (1970), Literature Prize of the Bayerische Akademie der Künste (1983), Mülheim Playwright's Prize (1989), Georg Büchner Prize (1990), ETA Hoffmann Prize (1996) and the city of Zurich's Max Frisch Prize (1998). |
 | | In his tribute to Dorst on the occasion of the conferment of the Georg Büchner Prize in 1990, Georg Hensel remarked, "Dorst's plays all have a direct connection to the present - from Toller to Hamsum, "Lehrstück" to myth and postmodern explosion. |
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