Holger Janssen

Holger Janssen (born November 25, 1951 in Heikendorf , Schleswig-Holstein ) is a German journalist , musician , cabaret artist , radio presenter and Low German author .

Life

Janssen grew up on the Kiel Fjord , where he learned the Low German language from his grandfather. After school he graduated in Berlin and Kiel , a study of Sinology and folklore . He then made his first journalistic experiences at Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Radio Bremen , initially as a reporter . He benefited from his talent for languages. Later he moderated various magazine formats and Low German programs, such as, from 1992 to 2003, the radio tune Hör mal 'n prayen to and the satirical series Janssen sien true stories . He also designed numerous programs on folk and world music .

Janssen has also written radio plays that are broadcast by NDR and Radio Bremen and goes on tour with his own cabaret programs . He also worked with Reinhard Goltz and Peter Nissen in the cabaret group De Scheewe Dree .

Honors

1989: Freudenthal Prize of the Freudenthal Society
1996: Low German Literature Prize of the City of Kappeln , as part of the cabaret group "De Scheewe Dree"

Works (selection)

Dat groote plattdüütsche Leesbook , eds. Hartmut Cyriacks and Peter Nissen, authors: Oswald Andrae , Hermann Bärthel , Hertha Borchert , Magreta Brandt , Hans-Hermann Briese , Waltrud Bruhn , Traute Brüggebors , Klaus Groth , Irmgard Harder , Hein Hoop , Holger Jannsen, Harald Karolczak , Rudolf Kinau , Elke Paulussen , Fritz Reuter , Alma Rogge , Diedrich Heinrich Schmidt , Gerd Spiekermann and Gernot de Vries , Quickborn-Verlag , Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-87651-195-X

Radio plays (selection)

De Reis with the Fleegen Hollänner , Low German radio play, translated by Manfred Brümmer , Nordwestradio (Radio Bremen) 2008
So, ahoy first ... , a Störtebeker grotesque; Ship's diary on Platt by Holger Janssen, Jasper Vogt and Frank Grupe , music: Liederjan , Wachholtz Verlag , Neumünster 2004, ISBN 3-529-04737-6
Windsinfonie (book and CD), author: Johann D. Bellmann , interpreter: Holger Janssen, Plaggenhau-Verlag, Krummbek 2008, ISBN 978-3-937949-10-9
The guests of honor: Fritz Reuter and Klaus Groth , a Low German evocation of ghosts, radio play by Holger Janssen, speakers: Uwe-Detlev Jessen as Fritz Reuter , Joachim Bliese as Klaus Groth , director: Dirk Böhling , production: Radio Bremen with NDR 2010, Tennemann Media , Schwerin 2019, ISBN 978-3-941452-68-8

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Hansen: Holger Janssen on niederdeutsche-literatur.de, accessed on August 1, 2019.
↑ Prize winner according to Holger Janssen (* 25.11.1955), in: ins-bremen.de, accessed on August 2, 2019
and Holger Janssen, in: niederdeutsche-literatur.de, accessed on August 2, 2019.
However, not named on the award winner of the Freudenthal Prize, in: freudenthal-gesellschaft.de, accessed on August 2, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Janssen, Holger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German journalist, musician, cabaret artist, radio presenter and Low German author
DATE OF BIRTH	November 25, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heikendorf , Schleswig-Holstein

[1] Peter Hansen: Holger Janssen on niederdeutsche-literatur.de, accessed on August 1, 2019.

[2] Source: https://www.shz.de/102778 © 2019

[3] Prize winner according to Holger Janssen (* 25.11.1955), in: ins-bremen.de, accessed on August 2, 2019
and Holger Janssen, in: niederdeutsche-literatur.de, accessed on August 2, 2019.
However, not named on the award winner of the Freudenthal Prize, in: freudenthal-gesellschaft.de, accessed on August 2, 2019.