Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theater director. In those capacities, and also as a polemical essayist, he contributed powerfully to the chief literary and political debates of his day, and lastingly inluenced theatrical theory and practice. He left more than 2,000 poems, assuring him a place among the very best lyric poets of Germany. Read More Read Less