Martin Esslin
British playwright, theatre critic and scholar (1918–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama, known for coining the term "theatre of the absurd" in his 1961 book The Theatre of the Absurd. This work has been called "the most influential theatrical text of the 1960s".[1]
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Born | Julius Pereszlényi Hungarian: Pereszlényi Gyula Márton (1918-06-06)6 June 1918 |
Died | 24 February 2002(2002-02-24) (aged 83) |
Education | University of Vienna Reinhardt Seminar |
Occupation(s) | Theatre critic; scholar |
Notable work | The Theatre of the Absurd |
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