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Wolf Biermann
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German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936
- Works
- 57
Top works
- Gedichte, die glücklich machen
- Eine Rede und drei Lieder zu Ehren des Rektors der Heinrich-Heine-Universität
- Zukunftsvisionen
- Feindbilder
- Ermutigung
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Hamburg, Germany
Karl Wolf Biermann (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. Biermann was born in Hamburg, Germany. His mother, Emma (née Dietrich), was a Communist Party activist, and his father, Dagobert Biermann, worked on the Hamburg docks. Biermann's…
Known for
- Biermann — Self2026
- Stasi: A State Against Its People — Self (archive footage)2021
- phoenix persönlich — Self2018
- Stöckl — Self2013
- Schawinski — Self2011
- Erlesen — self2010
- Markus Lanz — Self2008
- Schmidt & Pocher2007
- Fröhlich lesen — Self2005
- Thadeusz — self2005
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1936
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,238
- Total plays
- 114,004
Tags
Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936 in Hamburg) is a former East German dissident who works as a German Liedermacher (songwriter). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wolf+Biermann">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2001 · cited 10,635x
- SCANPY: large-scale single-cell gene expression data analysis
· 2018 · cited 8,351x
- Imaging Intracellular Fluorescent Proteins at Nanometer Resolution
· 2006 · cited 7,990x
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Key facts
- Born
- Karl Wolf Biermann , ( 1936-11-15 ) 15 November 1936 (age 89) , Hamburg , Nazi Germany
- Genres
- Folk music , political ballads
- Occupations
- Singer-songwriter, poet, and dissident
- Years active
- 1960–present
- Label
- Broadside Records
- Website
- wolf-biermann .de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.wolf-biermann.de
- Image
- Oliver Mark - Wolf Biermann, Hamburg 2007.jpg
- Number of children
- 10
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Wolf Biermann
- date of birth
- 1936-11-15
- name in native language
- Wolf Biermann
- Commons gallery
- Wolf Biermann
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- pseudonym
- Preußischer Ikarus
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Wolf Biermann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~7 min read
Article
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.
Early life and education