Walter Andreas Schwarz

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Walter Andreas Schwarz
Promotional picture for the Eurovision Song Contest 1956
Promotional picture for the Eurovision Song Contest 1956
Background information
Born June 2, 1913(1913-06-02)
Aschersleben , Germany
Died April 1, 1992 (aged 78)
Heidelberg , Germany
Genre(s) Chanson, Schlager
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 1956-1992
Label(s) Ariola

Walter Andreas Schwarz (2 June 1913 - April 1, 1992) was a German singer, songwriter, novelist, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator.

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[edit] Biography

Schwarz was born in Aschersleben. In 1956, he competed with his own composition Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück in the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest and won. Along with Freddy Quinn, he therefore became the first German entrant in the competition. His placing is not known, but it is rumoured that he finished second[1]. The song was released as a single but commercially, it was not very successful. Other notable records were not released. He went on to become a successful author of novels and especially radio dramas. One of his last contirbutions was an adaption of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1990 and 1991, which included 17 episodes. In 1985, he appeared - along with many other former German representatives - in the interval act of the German national final, which was a medley of all German entries until that year. For many years, he has lived in London before he moved back to Germany. He died in April 1992 in Heidelberg.

[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

  • Die Frucht der Ungesetzlichkeit (1982)
  • Der Bürger Karl Marx aus Trier (1983)

[edit] Radio dramas

[edit] Sources

  • Jan Feddersen: Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein, Hoffmann und Campe 2002

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ OGAE Germany - Der Fanclub zum Eurovision Song Contest
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NAME Walter Andreas Schwarz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION singer, author, Kabarettist, author of radio dramas and translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschersleben, Germany
DATE OF DEATH April, 1992
PLACE OF DEATH Heidelberg, Germany