!!!Wiener, Hugo

b. Vienna, Feb. 16, 1904, 
d. Vienna, May 14, 1993, composer, revue artiste, writer. studied 
music, then acted at various theatres in Vienna; wrote all the 
satirical cabaret texts performed at the theatre "Femina"; in exile in 
Columbia from 1937-1945; after his return to Vienna worked at the 
"Simpl" revue theatre. Wrote the well-known ironic dialogues for the 
actors K.  Farkas and E.  Waldbrunn; wrote numerous chansons for his 
wife C.  Kraner (e.g. "Ich wuensch´ mir zum Geburtstag einen 
Vorderzahn", "Der Nowak laesst mich nicht verkommen"); composed film 
soundtracks, wrote libretti for operettas and musical comedies, and 
satirical plays; numerous publications.

!Works
autobiography: Zeitenspruenge, 1991; Ein Grund zum Feiern. 
Meine Frau und ich, 1991.

!Literature
C. Kraner, "Aber der Hugo liess mich nicht verkommen". 
Songs and memoirs, 1994.



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