- Peter Turrini
Peter Turrini (born
September 26 ,1944 ) is anAustria nleftist playwright.Born in Carinthia, Turrini has been writing since
1971 , when his play "Rozznjogd" premiered at theVolkstheater ,Vienna . A versatile author, he has written plays,screenplay s, poems, and essays. Rather than presenting an authentic picture of reality, in Turrini's understanding it is the function of the theatre to exaggerate and, by doing so, to raise the consciousness of the public.He lives in Vienna and
Retz ,Lower Austria .elected dramas
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Rozznjogd " (1971)
*"Sauschlachten " (1972)
*"Kindsmord " (1973)
*"Josef und Maria " (1980; revised version, 1999)
*"Die Bürger " (1981)
*"Die Minderleister " (1988)
*"Tod und Teufel " (1990)
*"Alpenglühen " (1993)
*"Die Schlacht um Wien " (1995)
*"Tod und Teufel " (1999) (opera , with music byGerd Kühr )
*"Die Eröffnung " (2000)
*"Ich liebe dieses Land " (2001)
*"Der Riese vom Steinfeld " (2002) (opera, with music byFriedrich Cerha )
*"Bei Einbruch der Dunkelheit " (2005)
*"Jedem das Seine " (co-authored withSilke Hassler ) (2007)Television
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Die Alpensaga " (1974-79) (mini-series )
*"Die Arbeitersaga " (1988-90) (mini-series)Further reading
*"Peter Turrini - Schriftsteller; Kämpfer, Künstler, Narr und Bürger", ed. Klaus Amann (Vienna: Residenz Verlag 2007) (ISBN 9783701730582).
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