Max Rueger

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Max Rüeger (born April 29, 1934 in Wädenswil ; † May 16, 2009 in Zurich ) was a Swiss radio presenter and author .

Career

After graduating from high school and training as an actor, Max Rüeger became known as a radio presenter in the 1960s. For the Swiss radio DRS he presented programs such as “Autoradio Schweiz”, “Espresso” and “Guete Morge”. He was also the author of radio plays , entertainment programs (e.g. Teleboy ), cabaret pieces (for example for the Cabaret Rotstift ) and song texts (especially for the Trio Eugster ; new version of the libretto for the “ Kleine Niederdorfoper ” with Werner Wollenberger ). In 1969 he was awarded the Golden Rose of Montreux for the musical "Holiday in Switzerland" . He was on German television from time to time in the quiz show Was ich bin ich member of the advice team and represented his Swiss colleague Guido Baumann . From 1984 to 1999 Rüeger was part of the editorial team at Schweizer Illustrierte . Rüeger received the literary recognition award of the Canton of Zurich for the book “Heb Sorg”, which was created in 2004 .

Works

Books

  • Car radio Switzerland. Cheerful guide for road users . With illustrations by Scapa . Benteli, Bern 1968
  • The Swiss joke. Collected and recorded by Max Rüeger . Desch, Munich 1971; Herbig, Munich 1986
  • Ireland's horses . Illustrated book (text with Hanspeter Meier). Hallwag, Bern 1975
  • Switzerland as a winter country. A winter fantasy (with Ernst Fretz). AT, Aarau 1979
  • Take care Verses, songs, chansons . Foreword by Peter Zeindler . Altberg, Richterswil 2004, ISBN 3-9521782-3-3
  • That's it. The last verses . Foreword by Heinz Lüthi. Altberg, Richterswil 2009, ISBN 978-3-9521782-6-3

Sound carrier

  • 16x Max Rüeger. Saturday verses from the radio series «Spott + Musik» . Musical interludes by Emil Moser . LP, Pick 1973

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Rüeger on the Altberg Verlag website.
  2. ↑ A radio legend has fallen silent: Max Rüeger died at the age of 75 , NZZ online , March 17, 2009.
  3. ↑ Radio legend Max Rüeger died at the age of 75 ( memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , SDA / Bluewin , May 17, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bluewin.ch
  4. ↑ Max Rüeger: Liver cancer! , Blick , December 29, 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Rüeger, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss radio presenter and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Waedenswil
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2009
Place of death Zurich