Background
Urs Bircher was born on the 12th of August, 1947 in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.
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1997
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2000
Urs Bircher was born on the 12th of August, 1947 in Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.
Urs Bircher studied philosophy and history in Vienna, Paris and Berlin.
Urs Bircher has served as a dramaturg, director for a number of German-language theaters in Switzerland, including the Städttheater Hildesheim, which he joined in 2000-01 and as a president of the International Theater Institute (ITI) Switzerland. His work in the theater brought him into contact with Max Frisch, an influential playwright, architect, and novelist. Bircher served as a dramaturg for the premier of Frisch's last play “Jonas und sein Veteran” at the Schauspielhaus Zürich on October 19, 1989.
Urs Bircher wrote two volumes on Frisch's life “Vom langsamen Wachsen eines Zorns: Max Frisch 1911-1955” in 1997 and “Mit Ausnahme der Freundschaft: Max Frisch 1956-1991” in 2000. The second volume “Mit Ausnahme der Freundschaft” focuses on Frisch's political development from nationalist conservatism to critic of both political left and right as well as how this shift is reflected in his writing.
Urs Bircher was a contributor to books including Brechts Tui-Kritik: Aufsätze, Rezensionen, Geschichten, edited by Wolfgang Fritz Haug and others, Argument-Verlag in 1976; Materialstische Julturtheorie und Alltagskultur, edited by Haug and Kaspar Maase, Argumen-Verlag in 1980; and Heinz Jost: Auf dem Reissbrett. Theaterplakate, Konzertplakate, Zeichnungen, Beaulieu in 1994.
