Wolf Biermann

1936 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: traditional folk music, Nachkriegsliteratur

country of citizenship: Germany, German Democratic Republic

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: Humboldt University of Berlin, Heinrich-Hertz-Schule

occupation: singer-songwriter, poet, dissident, writer, composer, Liedermacher

award received: honorary citizen of Berlin, Georg Büchner Prize, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Fontane-Preis, Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis, Mörike-Preis der Stadt Fellbach, Heinrich Heine Prize, Deutscher Nationalpreis, Joachim-Ringelnatz Price, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, Heinz-Galinski-Award, Marion-Samuel-Preis, Markgräfler Gutedelpreis, Point Alpha Prize, Ernst-Toller-Preis, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg)

student of: Bertolt Brecht

official website: www.wolf-biermann.de

Karl Wolf Biermann (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlf ˈbiːɐ̯ˌman] ; 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)