Joseph Breitbach

{{Short description|French-German playwright, novelist and journalist}}

{{infobox person

| name = Joseph Breitbach

| birth_date = 1903

| birth_place = Koblenz

| death_date = 1980

| death_place = Munich

| known_for = Bericht über Bruno

| image = File:Mohr Joseph Breitbach.jpg

| caption = Portrait by Alexander Mohr

| nationality = French, German

}}

Joseph Breitbach (1903–1980) was a French-German playwright, novelist and journalist.[http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/IFR/article/viewFile/13387/14470 Profile] He was born in Koblenz{{cite web | title=Joseph Breitbach | website=Portal Rheinische Geschichte | url=http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/joseph-breitbach-/DE-2086/lido/57c5886c642203.56391151 | language=de | access-date=27 April 2022}} and died in Munich. He is best known for his novel Bericht über Bruno (Report on Bruno).

The Joseph-Breitbach-Preis is named after him.{{cite web | title=Joseph-Breitbach-Preis : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | website=Mainz | url=https://www.adwmainz.de/joseph-breitbach-preis.html | language=de | access-date=27 April 2022}}