Biography

Bernd Alois Zimmermann was born on March 20, 1918 in Bliesheim, Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Die Soldaten (1989), Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag) (1992) and Film socialisme (2010). He died on August 10, 1970 in Groß-Königsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.