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The most influential German dramatist and poet of the 20th century, Brecht first attracted attention in the Berlin of the 1920s as the author of provocative plays that challenged the tenets of traditional theatre, including his collaboration with Kurt Weill, 'The Threepenny Opera'.
Brecht was forced to flee Germany in 1933 because of his leftist political beliefs and op-
position to the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. After 14 years in exile in Scandinavia and the United States, where he failed to make a breakthrough either as a scriptwriter in Hollywood or as a playwright on Broadway, he returned to Eurpope in 1947. Two years later he moved to East Berlin and remained there until his death..
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