Anni Becker
Anna Magdalena "Anni" Becker (born December 9, 1926 in Kaiserslautern ; † June 22, 2009 ), nicknamed "Pälzer Krott", was a singer , songwriter , writer and performer of popular and folk songs .
Becker was a teacher by profession and taught until 1991. She was married to Hans Becker, an English teacher. Her songs came from the tradition of folk music as well as German cabaret . Many of her works are written in the Palatinate dialect with which she grew up. Her texts often dealt with political and social content.
She has received several awards, including the Nürnberg Bard's Prize, and has published eleven books. Here, too, issues were equality for women and pollution of the environment. She was involved in the Song Association , the working group of songwriters, to whose coordination committee she was elected in 1982.
Becker sang in the 1970s with her son Jockel, who died in a traffic accident in 1985.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anni Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Anni Becker in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Anni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pälzer Krott; Becker, Anna Magdalena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, songwriter, writer and performer of popular and folk songs |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 2009 |
| Place of death | Kaiserslautern |