Werner Karma
Werner Karma (pseudonym: René Volkmann ; born February 13, 1952 in East Berlin ) is a German poet, writer and rock lyricist .
life and work
Werner Karma is the son of a communist of Jewish origin who emigrated to Denmark in 1939. His paternal grandmother was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp .
He learned to be an agricultural technician by 1971 ; In 1979 he finished his studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a philosophy - diploma . Karma has been writing since 1972, was at the East Berlin Liedertheater Karls Enkel from its founding in 1976 until 1980 and has been a freelance lyricist in the rock, pop, chanson and songwriting scene ever since.
Karma worked with many well-known soloists and bands, including Silly , City , Monokel , electra , NO 55 , Stern Meißen , the Puhdys , the songwriter duo Pension Volkmann , with the customs officers , Hansi Biebl , Veronika Fischer , Edo Zanki , Holger Biege and Joachim Witt .
Works (selection)
Albums
- 1983: Mont Klamott ( Silly )
- 1985: Love Waltz (Silly)
- 1985: The feelings ( Pension Volkmann )
- 1986: Battalion d'Amour (Silly)
- 1988: full board (Pension Volkmann)
- 1993: dream dancer (Pension Volkmann)
- 2010: Everything red (Silly)
- 2017: Dirk and happiness: Zöllner meets karma ( Dirk Zöllner )
Individual lyrics
- In times like these ( City )
- Break my heart ( Holger Biege )
- Black Marie ( monocle )
Awards
- Erich Weinert Medal (1979 with Karl's grandson )
- Art Prize of the GDR (1987 with Silly )
- LP of the year , the highest award for records in the GDR , in 1983, 1985 and 1986, for the Silly albums he wrote
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Karma in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Werner Karma
- Poems and lyrics ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Marika Bent: Open wounds . Article in Neues Deutschland from March 13, 2010
- Torsten Wahl: GDR hit wonder - the lyric poet behind Silly's songs. In: Berliner Zeitung of March 20, 2017
- Andy Dallmann: The word makes the hit ( memento from April 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), interview in the Sächsische Zeitung from April 30, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karma, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volkmann, René (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lyric poet, writer and rock lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |