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Bruckner, Ferdinand eigentlich Theodor Tagger
© Copyright Ferdinand Bruckner. Photo, 1958. Bruckner, Ferdinand (real name: Theodor Tagger), b. Vienna, Aug. 26, 1891, d. Berlin (Germany), Dec. 5, 1958, dramatist and poet. 1923 founded the Renaissance Theater in Berlin, which he headed until 1927; 1933 returned to Vienna, 1936 emigrated to the USA; from 1951 in Berlin. B. started as a radical expressionist but later turned to the markedly realistic psychological drama using the pen name "F.B.", became an exponent of neorealism. In his last years wrote dramas in verse form. Works: Dramas: Krankheit der Jugend, 1926; Die Verbrecher, 1928; Elisabeth von England, 1930; Timon, 1932; Die Rassen, 1933; Napoleon I., 1937; Simon Bolivar, 1945; Die Befreiten, 1945; Denn seine Zeit ist kurz, 1945; Fährten, 1948; Pyrrhus und Andromache, 1952; Der Tod einer Puppe, 1956; Der Kampf mit dem Engel, 1956; Das irdene Wägelchen, 1957. - Poetry, translations. Literature: C. Lehfeldt, Der Dramatiker F. B., 1975; D. Engelhardt, F. B. als Kritiker seiner Zeit, doctoral thesis, Aachen 1984.
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