Martin Esslin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Esslin

Playwright, theatre critic, scholar

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1918

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 24-Feb-2002

Profession: playwright, translator, university teacher, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Martin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of drama, known for coining the term "theatre of the absurd" in his 1962 book The Theatre of the Absurd.
This work has been called "the most influential theatrical text of the 1960s".