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Bertolt Brecht
(1898 - 1956)

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A poet first and foremost, Bertolt Brecht's genius was for language. However, because this language is built upon a certain bold and direct simplicity, his plays often lose something in the translation from his native German. Nevertheless, they contain a rare poetic vision, a voice that has rarely b .. .. more >>

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1		Alabama Song
2		Contemplating Hell
3		From A German War Primer
4		How Fortunate the Man with None
5		I Never Loved You More
6		I Want To Go With The One I Love
7		I want to go with the one I love...
8		Ich habe dich nie je so geliebt...
9		I'm not saying anything against Alexander
10		Mack the Knife
11		My young son asks me...
12		Not What Was Meant
13		O Germany, Pale Mother!
14		On Reading a Recent Greek Poet
15		On the Critical Attitude
16		Parting
17		Questions From a Worker Who Reads
18		Radio Poem
19		Send Me a Leaf
20		Solidarity Song

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"What they could do with round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization."
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), German dramatist, poet. The sergeant, in Mother Courage and Her Children, sc. 1 (1939), trans. by Eric Bentley (1941).

"Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably."
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), German dramatist, poet. The Singer, in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, prologue (1944).

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Bertolt Brecht - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Karl Valentin and Bertolt Brecht." In Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook. Ed. Joel Schechter. Worlds of Performance Ser. London and New York: Routledge. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Biography of the German writer and discussion of his works.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brecht.htm

International Brecht Society
Society serving scholars, critics, students, and theater people around the world who are interested in the works and thought of Bertolt Brecht.
http://german.lss.wisc.edu/brecht/

Bertolt Brecht
Biography of German playwright Bertolt Brecht.
http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~jamesf/goodwoman/brecht_bio.html

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