Max Frisch bibliography
This is a bibliography of works by Max Frisch.
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Note: Titles appearing in brackets have not been translated into English so their names are literal translations of the original German titles.
Novels and Novellas
[edit]| English title | Original German title | Translations | Notes |
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| [Jürg Reinhart] | Jürg Reinhart Eine sommerliche Schicksalsfahrt (1934) |
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| An Answer from the Silence: A Story from the Mountains |
Antwort aus der Stille (1937) | by Mike Mitchell (2011) | |
| [I Adore What Burns Me, or Difficult Persons] |
J'adore ce qui me brûle, oder Die Schwierigen (1944) |
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| I'm Not Stiller | Stiller (1954) | By Michael Bullock (1958) | |
| Homo Faber | Homo Faber (1957) | By Michael Bullock (1959) | |
| Gantenbein | Mein Name sei Gantenbein (1964) | By Michael Bullock (1965) | Also published as A Wilderness of Mirrors |
| Wilhelm Tell: a School Text | Wilhelm Tell für die Schule (1971) | By Lore Segal and Paul Stern (1989) | Published in Max Frisch: Novels Plays Essays and in a 1978 issue of Fiction Magazine |
| Montauk | Montauk (1975) | By Geoffrey Skelton (1978) | |
| Man in the Holocene | Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän (1979) | By Geoffrey Skelton (1980) | |
| Bluebeard | Blaubart (1982) | By Geoffrey Skelton (1983) |
Dramatic works
[edit]| English title | Original German title | Translations / Publications |
|---|---|---|
| Now They Are Singing Again | Nun singen sie wieder (1945) | By Alice Carey in Max Frisch: Novels Plays Essays (1989); By Michael Bullock in Three Plays (2002) |
| Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz (1947) | By Michael Bullock in Three Plays (2002) |
| The Great Wall of China | Die Chinesische Mauer (1947) | By James L. Rosenberg (1961); By Michael Bullock in Four Plays (1969) |
| When the War Was Over | Als der Krieg zu Ende war (1949) | By James L. Rosenberg in Three Plays (1967) |
| Count Oederland | Graf Öderland (1951) | By Michael Bullock in Three Plays (1962) |
| The Fire Raisers | Biedermann und die Brandstifter (1953) | As The Fire Raisers by Michael Bullock (1962); As The Firebugs by Peter Faecke (1966); As The Arsonists by Alistair Beaton (2007) |
| Don Juan, or the Love of Geometry | Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie (1953) | By James L. Rosenberg in Three Plays (1967); By Michael Bullock in Four Plays (1969) |
| Rip Van Winkle | Rip Van Winkle, 1953 | By Michael Bullock in Three Plays (2002) |
| The Great Rage of Philip Hotz | Die Grosse Wut des Philipp Hotz (1956) | - By James L. Rosenberg in Three Plays (1967); As Philip Hotz's Fury by Michael Bullock in Four Plays (1969) |
| Andorra | Andorra (1961) | By Michael Bullock (1962) |
| Zurich Transit: Sketch of a Film | Zürich – Transit. Skizze eines Films (1966) | By Birgit Schreyer Duarte (2010) |
| Biography: A Game | Biografie (1967) | By Michael Bullock in Four Plays (1969); By Birgit Schreyer Duarte (2010) |
| Triptych: Three Scenic Panels | Tryptichon. Drei szenische Bilder (1978) | By Geoffrey Skelton (1981) |
| [Jonas and his Veteran] | Jonas und sein Veteran (1989) | - |
Non fiction
[edit]| English title | Original German title | Translator |
|---|---|---|
| [Leaves from the Bread Bag] | Blätter aus dem Brotsack (1940) | - |
| Sketchbook 1946-1949 | Tagebuch 1946–1949 (1950) | Geoffrey Skelton (1977) |
| Sketchbook 1966-1971 | Tagebuch 1966–1971 (1972) | Geoffrey Skelton (1983) |
| Military Service Record | Dienstbüchlein (1974) | Alice Carey in Max Frisch: Novels Plays Essays (1989) |
| Drafts for a Third Sketchbook | Entwürfe zu einem dritten Tagebuch (posthumously in 2010) | Mike Mitchell (2013) |
| From the Berlin Journal | Aus dem Berliner Journal (posthumously in 2014) | Wieland Hoban (2017) |
Collections in English
[edit]| Title | Contents | Translators |
|---|---|---|
| Max Frisch: Novels Plays Essays (1989) | Excerpts from novels, plays, essays and speeches | Michael Bullock, Geoffrey Skelton, Alice Carey, Rolf Kieser, Lore Segal and Paul Stern |