Scandalous interview recordings: I’ve never heard Friedrich Dürrenmatt like this before



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In October 1980, the author of the Swiss world gave an interview in which he commented on Max Frisch. What did Dürrenmatt really say back then? We publish the original recordings.

Informational: Friedrich Dürrenmatt gave an interview in 1980 that turned into a scandal.

Informational: Friedrich Dürrenmatt gave an interview in 1980 that turned into a scandal.

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A yodel choir must perform in Neuchâtel if it receives an honorary doctorate. Wanted in Zurich one in the playhouse with a performance of his «Romulus the great» to honor. And the Diogenes-The publisher was planning a major first edition of the work: Everything was ready for the 60th anniversary of Friedrich Dürrenmatt, the great Swiss world author.

“He probably really needs it. He just needs that admiration. “

Friedrich Dürrenmatt on Max Frisch

But then threatened the gRed celebration suddenly escaping: A few days before Dürrenmatt’s birthday, on January 5, 1981, I appearedGerman-speaking m «Playboy» one IInterview that caused a sensation because Friedrich Dürrenmatt commented on his fellow authors Max Frisch and Günter Grass: About the author of the «Tin drum» and later the Nobel Prize winner told Dürrenmatt that this was him «just not smart enough to write such great books».

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