Tankred Dörst was a German playwright and storyteller. He was known for his plays, which included I, Feuerbach and Merlin oder das wüste Land, and his work as a screenwriter for film and television. Dorst's writing style was influenced by the theatre of the absurd and writers like Ionesco, Giraudoux, and Beckett. He received the Georg Büchner Prize and the Grimme Award.