Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
- Every Home Should Have One; or, the Goldilocks Conspiracy
- Miserables
- Selections from les Miserables
- Miserables
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Film & TV
Kroonstad, South Africa
Known for
- Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream — Self2010
- Stage by Stage: Les Misérables — Self1988
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1925-10-05
- Active to
- 2020-10-14
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,687
- Total plays
- 40,121
Herbert Kretzmer (born October 5, 1925) is a South African-born newspaperman and lyricist, best known for writing the lyrics of the hit musical Les Misérables. Kretzmer was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa. He moved to Europe after World War II, living in Paris for a time before settling in London in 1954. He wrote for several Fleet Street newspapers as a feature writer,star interviewer as well as theatre critic ( 18 years on the Daily Express) and television critic ( 8 years
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Herbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kroonstad
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- librettist
- Educated at
- Rhodes University
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Do You Hear the People Sing?
- Field of work
- libretto
- Official website
- www.herbertkretzmer.com
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- date of birth
- 1925-10-05
- ethnic group
- Lithuanian Jews
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
- date of death
- 2020-10-14
- name in native language
- Herbert Kretzmer
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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