(sinh ra voi ten ; 10 thang 2 nam 1898–14 thang 8 nam 1956) la mot nha tho, nha soan kich, va đao dien san khau nguoi Đuc. La mot đao dien san khau co anh huong trong the ky 20, Brecht đa co nhung đong gop đang ke trong linh vuc kich nghe va san xuat cac tac pham san khau; linh vuc thu nhi đac biet trong cac tour dien cua Berliner Ensemble - mot cong ty nha hat đuoc to chuc boi Brecht va nguoi vo cua ong, nu dien vien Helene Weigel.
Tu khi hai muoi may tuoi cho đen cuoi đoi, Brecht la mot nguoi theo chu nghia Marx trung kien, va trong luc phat trien vua ly thuyet vua thuc hanh san khau su thi (episches Theater), đa tong hop va mo rong nhung cuoc thu nghiem cua Erwin Piscator va Vsevolod Meyerhold trong viec dung san khau nhu mot dien đan cho nhung tu tuong chinh tri va tao dung mot my hoc phe binh.
It co linh vuc trong san khau hien đai chua cam nhan đuoc tac đong hay anh huong Brecht; nhung nha soan kich va đao dien san khau chiu anh huong truc tiep tu Brecht gom co: Dario Fo, Augusto Boal, Joan Littlewood, Peter Brook, Peter Weiss, Heiner Muller, Pina Bausch, Tony Kushner, Robert Bolt va Caryl Churchill. Ngoai san khau, nhung hoc thuyet va ky thuat cua Brecht cung đa co tac đong đen mot so truong phai hoc thuyet đien anh va ky thuat đien anh; anh huong cua Brecht co the tim thay trong nhung bo phim cua Jean-Luc Godard, Lindsay Anderson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Joseph Losey, Nagisa Oshima, Ritwik Ghatak, Lars von Trier, Jan Bucquoy va Hal Hartley.


Cuoc đoi va su nghiep = Bayern (1898–1924) =
Brecht sinh ra tai Augsburg, Bayern trong mot gia đinh co nguoi me sung đao Tin Lanh theo truyen thong va mot nguoi cha theo đao Cong giao. Cha ong lam viec tai mot xuong giay, tro thanh giam đoc đieu hanh nam 1914. O truong tai Augsburg ong đa gap Caspar Neher, nguoi ma ong đa tao mot su hop tac sang tao suot đoi. Khi ong 16 tuoi, Chien tranh the gioi thu nhat bung no; luc đau ong hang hang hai nhung Brecht đa nhanh chong đoi y kien khi thay cac ban hoc "bi quan đoi nuot". Theo loi khuyen cua cha, Brecht đa đang ky hoc them mot lop y khoa tai Đai hoc Munchen, noi ong đa theo hoc tu nam 1917, đe khoi phai nhap ngu. Tai đo ong hoc nghe thuat san khau voi Arthur Kutscher, nguoi đa truyen vao Brecht niem cam phuc nha soan kich va ngoi sao san khau cabaret Frank Wedekind.
Tu thang 7 nam 1916, nhung bai bao Brecht viet đuoc xuat hien duoi ten moi "Bert Brecht" (phe binh san khau đau tien cua ong cho to Augsburger Volkswille xuat hien vao thang 10 nam 1919. Brecht bi bat đi quan dich vao mua thu nam 1918, nhung lai đuoc đong quan tai Augsburg voi cong viec cua mot nguoi phuc vu tai mot benh vien quan y cho suc khoe sinh duc; chien tranh ket thuc mot thang sau đo.
Thang 7 nam 1919, Brecht va Paula Banholzer (hai nguoi bat đau co quan he vao nam 1917) co con trai ten Frank. Me Brecht qua đoi nam 1920.
Trong mot thoi gian nao đo trong nam 1920 hay 1921, Brecht đong mot vai nho trong cabaret chinh tri cua nha hai huoc Karl Valentin.. Nhat ky cua Brecht trong vai nam sau đo ghi nhat nhieu lan ong đa đen xem Valentin bieu dien.. Brecht so sanh Valentin voi Charlie Chaplin vi "su loai bo gan nhu hoan toan cua su bat chuoc va tam ly re tien" Trong quyen Messingkauf Dialogues cua ong đuoc viet sau nay, ong đa nhac đen Valentin, cung voi Wedekind va Buchner, nhu nhung "anh huong chinh" cua ong trong thoi điem nay.


Chu thich Tham khao = Nguon so cap =


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---. 1990. Letters 1913-1956. Trans. Ralph Manheim. Ed. John Willett. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-51050-6.
---. 1993. Journals 1934–1955. Trans. Hugh Rorrison. Ed. John Willett. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-91282-2.


 San khau, tho ca, va van xuoi  Brecht, Bertolt. 1994a. Collected Plays: One. Ed. John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-68570-5.
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---. 1995. Collected Plays: Five. Ed. John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-69970-6.
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---. 1972. Collected Plays: Nine. Ed. John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. New York: Vintage. ISBN 0-394-71819-4.
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---. 1983. Short Stories: 1921-1946. Ed. John Willett and Ralph Manheim. Trans. Yvonne Kapp, Hugh Rorrison and Antony Tatlow. Bertolt Brecht: Plays, Poetry, Prose Ser. London and New York: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-52890-1.
---. 2001. Stories of Mr. Keuner. Trans. Martin Chalmers. San Francisco: City Lights. ISBN 0-87286-383-2.


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