Helmut Schneller
Helmut Schneller , pseudonym Hans Rascher , (born August 27, 1922 in Schwarzenberg ; † July 25, 2010 in Berlin ) was a German cabaret writer .
The son of the KPD functionary Ernst Schneller and his wife Hilde was born in the Ore Mountains . He first became a sound engineer and in 1953 went to the cabaret " Die Distel " in Berlin . He worked there until 1990 and developed into one of the most important authors of this cabaret. At the thistle he also got to know his future wife Ellen Tiedtke .
Schneller also wrote texts for the Berlin Friedrichstadtpalast , the concert and guest performance management of the GDR, for radio and television in the GDR and for the Amiga record company . In doing so, he came into contact with public censors several times, which banned the performance of several of his texts.
Scheller died on July 25, 2010 around a month before his 88th birthday in a Berlin hospital.
literature
- Klaus Budzinski: The cabaret: 100 years of literary criticism - spoken - sung - played. ECON Taschenbuch Verlag, 1985, p. 202
Footnotes
- ^ GDR cabaret writer Hans Rascher is dead . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , August 3, 2010.
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SURNAME | Faster, Helmut |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rascher, Hans (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabaret writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenberg |
DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 2010 |
Place of death | Berlin |