Stefan Brecht

Stefan Brecht (1924–2009) was an American writer of German origin. The son of playwright Bertolt Brecht and actress Helene Weigel, he studied at the University of California and Harvard University, where he earned a doctorate in philosophy. He subsequently worked at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris and taught at the University of Miami. From the 1960s onward, he published numerous books and volumes of poetry. After his mother’s death in 1971, he helped manage the rights to his father’s literary estate with his siblings, focusing in particular on rights in the English-speaking world.