This is a bibliography of works by Max Frisch .
Note: Titles appearing in brackets have not been translated into English so their names are literal translations of the original German titles.
English title | Original German title | Translations | Notes |
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[Jürg Reinhart] | Jürg Reinhart Eine sommerliche Schicksalsfahrt (1934) | - | |
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) | - | |
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) |
English title | Original German title | Translations / Publications |
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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) | - |
English title | Original German title | Translator |
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[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) |
Title | Contents | Translators |
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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 |
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