Hans-Günther Pölitz

Hans-Günther Pölitz (born January 26, 1952 in Waldheim ) is a German cabaret artist and founder of the “ Magdeburger Zwickmühle ” cabaret .

stage

Pölitz started 1972–1982 with the student cabaret “Junge Dornen” at the PH Zwickau and then went to the “ Herkuleskeule ” in Dresden from 1982 to 1984 during his acting training . He then moved to Magdeburg, where he was an author and director for the cabaret “Zange” from 1982 to 1989 and from 1984 to 1993 cabaret artist and director of the “Kugelblitzen”. 1994–1995 Pölitz was an author and cabaret artist for the " Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft ". In 1996 he founded his own cabaret with the “ Magdeburger Zwickmühle ”, where Pölitz is both an author and artistic director.

Radio and television

Since 1996, Hans-Günther Pölitz has been writing a weekly radio column for mdr1-Radio Saxony-Anhalt , at the “Pölitz Breakfast” he explains the events of the week to his “Muttilein”. Read about it in his book "Wash off and drink tea - satires from 14 years of 'Pölitz breakfast'". From 1999 he appeared four times a year live from the “Magdeburger Zwickmühle” in the cabaret show “Die 3 von der Zankstelle” with Marion Bach and Rainer Basedow on mdr television . The show was discontinued by mdr in 2010.

Fonts

• Alphabet des Schreckens , Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-359-02384-5 .
• Schwafel, bad luck and horse's feet. The devil is behind every cross , Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-359-02463-7 .
• The sixty-five year old who got out of bed and disappeared in the newspaper at breakfast , Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-359-01735-6 .
• Problem bears from the state circus . Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-359-01396-9 .

Awards

In 1990 he received a cabaret award from the broadcasters ARD, GDR 1, SRG, ORF - " Salzburg Bull ", followed in 1992 by a "Golden Kiebitz" from the cabaret " Die Kiebitzensteiner " in Halle . In 1993 he was named Magdeburg of the Year . In 1999 Pölitz received the East German Cabaret Prize in the Ensemble category for the program “We survived” as part of the Leipzig laughing fair and the 1999 star of the Munich evening newspaper . In 2000 he received the Reinheimer Satirelöwen and in 2001 the prize of the Leipziger Lachmesse , the Leipziger Löwenzahn. In 2003 Pölitz received the Swiss “Cornichon” cabaret award and in 2004 a cabaret award from the city of Bernburg : “Till 2004”.

Hans-Günther Pölitz is married to Regina Pölitz and has a daughter, Tonja Pölitz, a journalist.

Web links

• Official website of the Magdeburg Zwickmühle
• Hans-Günther Pölitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Interview with Hans-Günther Pölitz.