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René Pollesch, born at Friedberg/Hesse in 1962, devoted himself from 1983-89 to Applied Theatre Studies at Gießen with Andrez Wirth and Hans-Thies Lehmann, and to Stage Projects with guest lecturers Heiner Müller, George Tabori, John Jesurun, and others. In 1996 he had a working scholarship with the Royal Court Theatre in London inclusive of seminars with Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill, etc. During the 1999/2000 season he was house author at the Lucerne Theatre, and in autumn 2000 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. |
Prizes and Awards:
- 1997 Grant from the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart
- 2001 Mülheim Dramatists Prize
- 2002 Invitation to the Mülheim Theatre Days
- 2007 Nestroy Theatre Prize for The Purple Birthmark
- 2012: Invitations to the Berlin Theatertreffen and the Mülheim Theatertage with Kill Your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia
