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Heinz Strunk, legal name Mathias Halfpape (born 17 May 1962) is a German novelist, humoristmusician, actor and member of Hamburg-based comedy trio Studio Braun. Strunk’s comedy ranges from goofy prank calls to biting political and cultural satire, often involving music. Strunk plays woodwind and keyboard instruments.
Career
Strunk was born in Bevensen and grew up in Hamburg. Performing in the pop duo Dis Noir under his real name Mathias Halfpape, he released the album Paradise is Far Away in 1989, produced by Dirk Steffens. He has released three audio albums with Studio Braun containing prank phone calls. An example of such calls include Strunk calling a coal merchant to order coke, where he means cocaine but the coal merchant understands coke fuel. In another call, Strunk phones a resident of rural Saxony, an area known for a strong regional accent, to offer him free elocution lessons to “correct” his Saxon accent. Strunk claims to represent a fictional charity for Hamburg residents to “help” Saxony.
In 2003 Studio Braun released the song Komputerfreak, which takes a serious look at the washed-up lives and addictive/compulsive personalities of those who spend large amounts of time using computers.
In 2004 Strunk’s comic novel Fleisch ist mein Gemüse (Meat is my vegetable) was published, based on his own youth as a musician in various small-time bands in the 1980s. A movie based on the book was released in 2008, directed by Christian Görlitz and filmed in and around Hamburg. In 2010 the novel was adapted into a stage play.
The writer and actor has an alter ego called Jürgen Dose. His works often deal with social outcasts and the bleakness of everyday life.
Strunk is a member of the German satirical political party Die PARTEI (“The PARTY”).
In 2016 Strunk’s highly praised novel Der goldene Handschuh (The Golden Glove) was published. The bestseller tells the story of the German serial killer Fritz Honka. Strunk won the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize and was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize.[citation needed] German director Fatih Akin acquired the film rights to make a movie based on Der goldene Handschuh. The eponymous film was released in 2019 and received mixed critical reviews.[1]
Works
Books
2004: Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
2008: Die Zunge Europas
2009: Fleckenteufel
2011: Heinz Strunk in Afrika
2013: Junge rettet Freund aus Teich
2014: Das Strunk-Prinzip
2016: Der goldene Handschuh
2017: Jürgen
2018: Das Teemännchen
2019: Nach Notat zu Bett: Heinz Strunks Intimschatulle
2021: Es ist immer so schön mit dir
Filmography
1999: Derby – Fußball ist kein Wunschkonzert (short film)
2007: Immer nie am Meer
2007: Zeit (short film)
2008: Krauts, Doubts & Rock ’n’ Roll (Fleisch ist mein Gemüse)
2011: Trittschall im Kriechkeller – Die neue Schwester (short film)
