Heinz Kahlau
Heinz Kahlau | |
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Shown here: Michael Tschesno-Hell talks to the young writer Heinz Kahlau. | |
| Born | 6 February 1931 |
| Died | 6 April 2012 |
| Occupation(s) | popular poet author dramatist |
| Political party | SED PDS Die Linke |
| Spouse(s) | 1. Gisela Steineckert 2. Cordula |
| Children | Anja |
Heinz Kahlau (6 February 1931 – 6 April 2012) was a German writer.
He is remembered as one of the best known lyric poets in the German Democratic Republic. He wrote song lyrics, dramas and prose pieces. He was particularly well known for his popular love poems. At the time of his death the Leipziger Volkszeitung (newspaper) reported that around four million copies of volumes of his poetry had been sold.