Peter Weiss | Granta Magazine

Peter Weiss

Peter Weiss’s works include Marat Sade, The Aesthetics of Resistance, and Oratorio in Eleven Cantos on the Auschwitz Trial. He was about to receive West Germany’s highest literary award, the Büchner Prize, when he died in May 1982.

Peter Weiss on Granta.com

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

The Aesthetics of Resistance

Peter Weiss

‘His whole life, he had declared while still at work on this painting, was nothing less than a continual struggle against the backwardness of thought and the killing of art.’

Granta magazine is run by the Granta Trust (charity number 1184638)

The copyright to all contents of this site is held either by Granta or by the individual authors, and none of the material may be used elsewhere without written permission. For reprint enquiries, contact us.

  • Granta
  • 12 Addison Avenue
  • London W11 4QR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel +44(0)20 7605 1360