Mischa Mleinek

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Mischa Mleinek (born November 18, 1927 in Berlin ; † 1996 in Baden-Baden ) was a German writer , screenplay and radio play writer , songwriter and translator .

Life

After graduating from high school, Mleinek received training in journalism and then worked as an editor, dramaturge and translator. Finally, he began to write as a freelance author and in the following decades published a wealth of novels, screenplays, radio plays and texts for cabaret programs, but also for hits and chansons. As an author, he also chose alternating names such as Micha Mleinek , Joachim Mleinek or just J. Mleinek . He began his career in the late 1950s, writing detective novels and radio plays. For film and television, he wrote scripts for cheerful films such as A vacation bed with 100 hp with Vivi Bach and Dietmar Schönherr or the main thing, holidays with Peter Alexander in the lead role. As a writer, he was also responsible for series, including Ein Fall für Titus Bunge and Schöne Ferien . Mleinek also wrote scripts for entertainment shows, for example for Michael Schanzes. Would you have time for me today? .

Mleinek also worked as a translator and worked on the German versions of a number of Cole Porter titles, including I think 'ne Dame I will never ( The Lady Is A Tramp ), Nothing knocks me out, but you ( I Get A Kick Out Of You ), you have me completely in your hand ( I've Got You Under My Skin ) or Be in love ( Let's Do It ). He also wrote various hits of his own himself.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Publications (selection)

  • 1957: Death has guests today , Goldring-Verlag, Papenburg
  • 1959: Small menagerie
  • 1970: Delicacies for the Haie , Scherz-Verlag, Munich
  • 1971: A cowardly dog , Scherz-Verlag, Munich
  • 1973: Angels don't die , Scherz-Verlag, Munich

literature

  • Who's Who in the Arts, two volumes. 2nd revised edition, Wörthsee 1978. Second volume, p. 637
  • Wer ist Wer?, The German Who's Who. XXII. Edition, Lübeck 1983, p. 834

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Short biography in the Lexicon of German crime fiction authors , accessed on November 13, 2017