Martin Esslin (British dramatist, translator and critic)
- Martin Julius Esslin
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- Esslin, Martin
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- Person
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- Male
- Date of birth
- 1918-06-06
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Date of death
- 2002-02-24
- Place of death
- London
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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".
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Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of dramaLast modified: 2021-04-17 (revision #60083)
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