Wolf Biermann photographed by Oliver Mark, Hamburg 2007
Background information
Birth name
Karl Wolf Biermann
Born
(1936-11-15) 15 November 1936 (age 87) Hamburg, Germany
Genres
Folk music, political ballads
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, poet, and dissident
Years active
1960–present
Labels
Broadside Records
Website
wolf-biermann.de
Musical artist
Karl Wolf Biermann (German pronunciation:[ˈvɔlfˈbiːɐ̯ˌman]ⓘ; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song "Ermutigung" and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.
Karl WolfBiermann (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlf ˈbiːɐ̯ˌman] ; born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter, poet, and former East German dissident...
("Encouragement") is a poem and song by the German Liedermacher and lyricist WolfBiermann. It was first published in 1968 in the poetry collection Mit Marx- und...
schlager single "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen". After her stepfather WolfBiermann's East German citizenship was withdrawn in 1976, Hagen followed him to...
never believed Berman's claims of powerlessness. In an interview with WolfBiermann, Szpilman described Berman as "all powerful by the grace of Stalin,"...
step-grandfather is the East German dissident writer and singer-songwriter WolfBiermann. Hagen's unusual name was picked by her mother, who claimed she saw...
Jazz Optimisten Berlin perform WolfBiermann's Ballad of William L. Moore from Baltimore Audio recording of WolfBiermann performing "Ballade vom Briefträger...
for the German songwriter and poet WolfBiermann. He also remastered the complete recording anthology of WolfBiermann from 1968–1997, a total of 21 records...
director Ronnie Bierman (1938–1984), Dutch film and television actress WolfBiermann (born 1936), German singer and songwriter Biermans, a defunct Belgian...
Mountain) in Berlin, was the inspiration for songs by singer-songwriter WolfBiermann and the rock band Silly. The third of the first-generation flak towers...
singer-songwriter WolfBiermann were banned from performing because they had different ideas of socialism than the SED realised. In 1976, WolfBiermann was allowed...
their home on short notice against their will. Others, like singer WolfBiermann, were prohibited from returning to the GDR. During the Cold War, the...
dissident WolfBiermann. He was murdered in Auschwitz. Dagobert Biermann was born in Hamburg to Louise (née Löwenthal) and John Biermann. Biermann was Jewish...
defense of Wiesler's transformation. The East German dissident songwriter WolfBiermann was guardedly enthusiastic about the film, writing in a March 2006 article...
his Communist party membership for his support of dissident WolfBiermann after Biermann was stripped of his East German citizenship in 1976. Geschonneck...
victim home and takes care of her. The scene is accompanied by a song by WolfBiermann. The RAF co-founder Horst Mahler is interviewed in prison by a TV company...
pp. 45–248. ISBN 978-3-86163-019-7. WolfBiermann (October 1983). "Hanns Eisler: Life: Interview with WolfBiermann (also about Gerhart Eisler)". eislermusic...
with her mother, Eva-Maria Hagen, after Eva-Maria's former partner, WolfBiermann, had been stripped of his GDR citizenship while on tour in West Germany...
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