Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was born in Augsburg and studied medicine and literature in Munich. He received the Kleist Prize for Trommeln in der Nacht in 1922 and moved to Berlin in 1924. The Threepenny Opera (1928), with music by Kurt Weill, made him world-famous. In 1933 he fled the National Socialists, reaching the USA in 1941 via Denmark, Sweden and Finland. In exile he wrote plays such as Leben des Galilei, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder and Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, along with his most important writings on epic theatre. He left the USA in 1947 after a hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee. In 1949, with Helene Weigel, he founded the Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin. Brecht died in Berlin on 14 August 1956.
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