Swiss dramatist and painter / 1921-1990 / born in Konolfingen as the son of a Reformed pastor / 1935 relocated to Bern / 1942 work on Barth and Kierkegaard / 1946 left studies to focus on writing / from 1952 in Neuchâtel / 1947 premiere of Es steht geschrieben, an Anabaptist comedy in Zurich / 1983 honorary doctorate from Zurich’s Theological Fakulty / 1990 publication of Turmbau (“Tower Building”), Books 4-6 of Stoffe / religious-my­tho­logi­cal themes in his art as well, as in his 1985 Minotaurus

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