Peter Iden: key obituary facts
Is Peter Iden dead? Yes. Peter Iden died on November 11, 2026, at age 88.
Cause of death: Peter Iden's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Peter Iden known for?
He was a German writer and art critic.
More about Peter Iden
Born: 11 September 1938.
Place of birth: Międzyrzecz.
Gender: male.
Occupation: writer, art critic, university teacher, theatre critic, screenwriter, critic.
Nationality: Germany.
Education: Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Vienna.
Employer: Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
Awards: Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen.
Peter Iden, a German theater critic and art critic, died November 11, 2026, aged 88.
Born in Meseritz, now Międzyrzecz, Poland, he fled with his family from the Red Army to the British-occupied area; they settled in Lauenburg on the Elbe, where he grew up. He attended the humanist branch of the Johanneum high school in Lüneburg and spent two years in California from 1955.
After moving to Frankfurt am Main, he graduated from the Helmholtz School in 1958 and studied at Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Vienna. Iden began writing journalistic articles in 1961, notably for the Frankfurter Rundschau. In Frankfurt he met theater director Erwin Piscator, became his assistant and traveled with him through Germany for two years. Inspired by Piscator, Iden and theater editor Karlheinz Braun organized Experimenta at the Theater am Turm from 1966 to 1971. Alongside his theater criticism, Iden worked as an art critic, writer, screenwriter and university teacher. He was associated with the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and received the Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt and the Goethe Plaque of the State of Hesse.