Wolfgang Borchert rose to instant fame when the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk broadcast his radio play Draußen vor der Tür (Outside the Door; translated as "The Man Outside," 1952) on 13 Febru...
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In midwinter 1947 a bedridden actor emerged from near obscurity to become the leading voice of postwar literature, his cry of existential despair a play entitled Draußen vor der Tür (Outsi...
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Wolfgang Borchert