Peter-Adrian Cohen (also known as Peter Cohen) (16.11.1939 † 07.03.2016) was an

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writer. He grew up in Zürich, Switzerland, and lived in Boston.

Career

While studying at

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Cohen wrote the 1973 best-seller, ''The Gospel According to the Harvard Business School.'' It is a "sophisticated" and "negative" look at the Business School. He is the author of '' To Pay the Price'', a play about

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, and ''" Verstehn Sie Mich, Herr Goldfarb" (Do You Understand Me, Herr Goldfarb?"'', a play.In Berlin, stories of the shtetl; Giving voice to a culture of unique appeal, Yiddish theater thrives, thanks partly to a Protestant minister. Los Angeles Times, Julia M. Klein, Oct 10, 2004

Plays

* To Pay the Price * "Why Worry?" * The Court Jew * A Ship to Zion * Verstehn Sie mich, Herr Goldfarb? – Do You Understand Me, Mr. Goldfarb? * Im Namen Gottes (In the Name of God), scenic reading, about 9/11. First given in Zürich, Sept. 10, 2011 and then Sept. 11 in Bonn (Germany) and Cambridge (MA).

References

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