Alexander Kluge

Playwright

Birthday February 14, 1932

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Mar 25, 2026 (94)

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About

German playwright, director, and short story writer who won the Hanns-Joachim-Friedrich Prize for TV Journalism in 2001.

Before fame

While at the University of Marburg in Germany, he studied law, history and music.

Trivia

He won the Italian Literature Prize Isola d'Elba in 1967 and had obtained virtually every German-language literary award possible.

Family life

His sister was an actress named Alexandra Kluge.

Associated with

He and fellow German actress Diane Kruger were well-known international celebrities.