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| birth_date = | birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary | death_date = | death_place = London, England, UK | education = University of Vienna Reinhardt Seminar | occupation = Theatre critic; scholar | notable_works = ''The Theatre of the Absurd''}} Martin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born English producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama, best known for coining the term "Theatre of the Absurd" in his work of the same name (''Theatre of the Absurd''; 1961). This work has been called "the most influential theatrical text of the 1960s" by some reviewers. ==Life and work== Born Pereszlényi Gyula Márton in Budapest, Esslin moved to Vienna with his family at a young age. He studied Philosophy and English at the University of Vienna and graduated from the Reinhardt Seminar as a producer; actor Milo Sperber was a classmate. Of Jewish descent, he fled Austria in the wake of the ''Anschluss'' of 1938.〔 He defined the "Theatre of the Absurd" as follows: This attribute of "absurdity" was not accepted by many of the playwrights associated with this trend. Ionesco stated that he did not like labels.〔(Ionesco rejects Esslin's label ), noormags.com; accessed 11 August 2014.〕 Ahmad Kamyabi Mask criticized Esslin for a purported "colonialist" quality of this title for the Avant-garde theater.〔(by Ahmad Kamyabi Mask ), noormags.com; accessed 11 August 2014.〕〔(profile ), noormags.com; accessed 11 August 2014.〕 He began working for the BBC in 1940, serving as a producer, script writer and broadcaster. He headed BBC Radio Drama from 1963–77, having previously worked for the external European Service. After leaving the BBC he held senior academic posts at Florida State University and Stanford University.〔 He adapted and translated many works from the original German, for example many plays of Wolfgang Bauer between 1967 and 1990. Original works included ''Theatre of the Absurd'', and ''The Field of Drama''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Esslin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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