When did Arthur Adamov die?
Arthur Adamov died from an overdose of barbiturates on the 15th of March 1970. He passed away at age sixty-one after substance abuse severely impacted his physical health during his final years.
Arthur Adamov died from an overdose of barbiturates on the 15th of March 1970. He passed away at age sixty-one after substance abuse severely impacted his physical health during his final years.
Arthur Adamov fled his home in Kislovodsk to survive internment as enemy citizens within the Russian Empire. A special intervention by the King of Wurttemberg allowed his Armenian family to escape to Geneva, Switzerland during the First World War.
La Parodie appeared in 1947 as his first play after World War II ended. Martin Esslin described this work as an attempt to make psychological states visible with dream-like qualities influenced by August Strindberg.
The Algerian War shifted Arthur Adamov's views toward communism during the 1960s. This conflict radicalized his stance on global affairs and caused him to become a Communist while his later dramatic works reflected this new political direction.
Short stories like Fin Août appeared within the collection Je... Ils... in 1969. Themes of masochism revolved around what he called immunization against death in these lesser known prose works compared to his plays.