Max Frisch

Max Frisch

Max Rudolf Frisch (May 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991) was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political commitment. His use of irony is a significant feature of his post-war publications. Frisch was a member of the Gruppe Olten. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1986.

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    “Our comparative fidelity was fear of defeat at the hands of another partner.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)

    “I took the standpoint that the profession of technologist, a man who masters matter, is a masculine profession, if not the only masculine profession there is.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)

    “All that remains is the mad desire for present identity through a woman.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)