Wolfgang Schaller (Author)
Wolfgang Schaller (born April 20, 1940 in Breslau ) is a German cabaret writer.
Life
After studying at the Löbau Teachers' Institute and the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute in Leipzig, Schaller was a German and music teacher and head of the youth cabaret "Die Fahrtlacher" in Görlitz . He moved to Dresden and directed the cabaret “Die Lachkarte” of the Robotron combine .
Schaller has been an author and dramaturge at the cabaret Herkuleskeule in Dresden since 1970 , from 1986 to 2017 he was artistic director and from 1997 to 2012 artistic director of the cabaret. He wrote over 50 programs for the Keule, ten of them together with Peter Ensikat. Programs were called e.g. B. "Citizens, protect your facilities", "It depends on you, not everyone". On January 1, 2020, he handed over the management of the Herkuleskeule to his son Philipp Schaller .
For ten years he gave programs together with Wolfgang Stumph and Rainer Schulze .
Schaller has been writing satirical columns for the Sächsische Zeitung regularly since 1991 .
In 1988, Schaller was awarded the National Prize of the GDR and in 2009, together with Peter Ensikat, was awarded the “Star of Satire” from the German Cabaret Archive.
In 2018, Schaller was honored with the title “Dresdner of the Year” by the readers of the newspaper Wochenkurier Dresden.
Schaller lives in Dresden and has been married to the cabaret artist Birgit Schaller (* 1961) since 1987 . He has four children, including the cabaret artists and authors Ellen Schaller and Philipp Schaller.
rating
- "He does not go the easy way of the mere joker, but the difficult way of the political satirist." ( Dieter Hildebrandt )
- “There was a new tone, a whole new seriousness behind the fun. There was finally another satire where the fun stopped being harmless. "( Peter Ensikat )
Works
- Before I forget . Satirical leaps in time. Eulenspiegel-Verlag , Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-359-01179-8 .
- The last one turns on the light . Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-359-01612-0 .
- It was nicer tomorrow . Satires. Eulenspiegel-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-359-02263-3 .
literature
- Christian Krause: Schaller, Wolfgang . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Schaller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wolfgang Schaller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wolfgang Schaller. In: The Hercules Club. Dresden's Cabaret Theater GmbH
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rainer Kasselt: One who is always offensive . In: Saxon newspaper . April 20, 2020 ( paid online [accessed April 20, 2020]).
- ↑ Homepage (About Us / Artistic Director)
- ↑ The year of marriage according to Birgit Schaller's homepage.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schaller, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabaret author and artistic director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |