Thomas C. Breuer (born 15 October 1952) is a German writer and
cabaret
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artist.
Breuer was born in
Eisenach
Eisenach () is a Town#Germany, town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia, and bordering northeastern Hesse, Hessian re ...
,
Thuringia
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Er ...
. Since 1977, he has performed cabaret in
Germany
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,
Switzerland
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and
North America
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. He also works regularly for television and writes
satire
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and
novels. His twenty-fifth book, ''Hitze in Dosen'', was published in 2007.
Selected works
* ''Säntimäntls Reise, Roman (1986)''.
* ''Schnell Époque. Rasante Stimmungsbilder aus deutschen Landen'', rororo, (1987),
* ''Sekt in der Wasserleitung'', Roman (1996).
* ''Heidelberger Demenz, Satiren'' (1997).
* ''Stadt Land Blues. Einseitige Geschichten'' (2000).
* ''Schweizerkreuz und quer'' (2001).
* ''Paradies etc''. (2002).
* ''Schweizfahren'' (2005).
* ''Hitze in Dosen. Ein Soundtrack'' (2007).
References
1952 births
Living people
German cabaret performers
People from Eisenach
German male writers
German male comedians
Comedians from Thuringia
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