Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Selected Writings, Volume 1These translations of Friedrich Drrenmatt's plays introduce the writer to a new generation of readers. The Swiss writer Friedrich Drrenmatt (192190) was one of the most important literary figures of the second half of the twentieth century. During the years of the cold war, arguably only Beckett, Camus, Sartre, and Brecht rivaled him as a presence in European letters. Yet outside Europe, this prolific author is primarily known for only one work, The