 Bernard-Marie Koltès

Bernard-Marie Koltès (; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and theatre director best known for his plays "La Nuit juste avant les Forêts" ("The Night Just Before the Forests", 1976), "Sallinger" (1977) and "Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton" ("In the Solitude of Cotton Fields", 1986).A close friend and collaborator with the avant-garde director Patrice Chéreau, the two created groundbreaking work together at both the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City and the Théâtre des Amandiers in Nanterre.