Werner Wollenberger

Werner Wollenberger (born June 6, 1927 in Heilbronn , Germany ; † October 17, 1982 in Zurich ) was a Swiss writer , publicist , satirist and director .

biography

Werner Wollenberger grew up in Basel , where he studied German. From August 1947 he wrote texts for the Kikeriki cabaret and was also a director there. In 1950 he joined the team of authors at the Cabaret Fédéral . He wrote programs for Walter Roderer and the actor duo Voli Geiler and Walter Morath as well as for Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich and for the Kom (m) ödchen . He later became an artistic advisor at the Schauspielhaus Zurich .

Wollenberger was one of the most popular authors and directors of Swiss cabaret shows and musicals (new version of Die kleine Niederdorfoper , text to Mis Dach isch dr Himmel vo Züri ). The spectrum of his activities also included work for radio and television ( Ein Fall für Männdli ), film scripts ( SOS - glacier pilot , taxi driver Bänz ), song texts, newspaper columns, theater and film reviews. He also worked as a translator (Musical Promises, Promises ; German lyrics for Es war die Lerche by Ephraim Kishon ).

Wollenberger was also editor-in-chief of Zürcher Woche from 1962 to 1967 , co-editor-in-chief of Weltwoche for a short time in 1969 and co-editor-in-chief of annabelle from 1978 to 1980 .

Works

• Max Daetwyler (born 1886): lives in Zumikon-Zurich, the prophet with the white flag (peace apostle), the Daetwyler story. In: Die Zürcher Woche , No. 40–45, Die Zürcher Woche, Zurich 1963, OCLC 610666090 , ISSN  0044-541X (also appeared in 1964 and 1967).
• Yes but. Benteli, Bern 1973, DNB 57694579X .
• Heiri Gretler - the great Swiss actor. Pendo, Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-85842-024-7
• Almost a Christmas story. Pendo, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-85842-096-4
• Columns from two decades. Pendo, Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-85842-236-3

Published posthumously

• with Bernhard Ruetz, Susane Ruf, Maria Becker, Ulrich Kündig and Alex Bänninger: Heinrich Fueter (1911–1979): producer - entrepreneur - film pioneer. With DVD. Published by the Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-909059-56-0 (= Swiss pioneers in business and technology , volume 95).

literature

• Tobias Hoffmann-Allenspach: Werner Wollenberger . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 2120.
• Michael Gautier: Wollenberger, Werner. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland ., 2012.
• René Lüchinger : The theatrical writer of the typewriter. In: Schweizer Journalist 8–9 / 2017, pp. 38–45.

Web links

• Literature by and about Werner Wollenberger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Werner Wollenberger Foundation including biography.