Walter Andreas Schwarz

Infobox musical artist
Name = Walter Andreas Schwarz


Img_capt = Promotional picture for the Eurovision Song Contest 1956
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name =
Born = birth date|1913|6|2
Aschersleben , Germany
Died = death date and age|1992|4|1|1913|6|2
Heidelberg , Germany
Origin =
Genre = Chanson, Schlager
Associated_acts =
Occupation = Singer, songwriter
Years_active = 1956-1992
Label = Ariola
URL =

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

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 [ [http://ogae.de/history/1956.php OGAE Germany - Der Fanclub zum Eurovision Song Contest ] ] . 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.

Works

Novels

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

Radio dramas

*Der Untertan (1965)
*Anna Karenina (1967)
*Don Quijote (1964)
*Jud Süß (1986)
*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1990-1991)

Sources

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

External links

* imdb name | id = 1320068 | name = Walter Andreas Schwarz

References

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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