Max Frisch and Peter Suhrkamp

In Peter Suhrkamp, the German publisher twenty years his senior, the up-and-coming Swiss author Max Frisch found a mentor and friend. His *Diary 1946–1949* was published as part of the very first catalogue of Suhrkamp Verlag, which had been newly founded in 1950. Their extensive correspondence continued until 1959, when Suhrkamp, who had been severely scarred by his imprisonment in a concentration camp, died. The publisher oversaw the creation of novels such as *Stiller* and *Homo faber*, did not hold back with criticism, and championed the staging of plays such as *Biedermann and the Arsonists*. Under his ‘friendly wing’, Frisch achieved his breakthrough as a world-renowned author.

To mark the publication of this edition, the exhibition offers an insight into the correspondence between Max Frisch and Peter Suhrkamp. On display are original documents from the Max Frisch Archive.