Egon Monk
Egon Monk ( born May 18, 1927 in Berlin, † 28 February 2007 in Hamburg ) was a German actor, theater and film director, playwright and author.
- 3.1 Television / Direction
- 3.2 Radio / radio play
Life and work
Monk grew up as child laborers on Wedding district of Berlin and visited the Berlin Lessing -Gymnasium. He took from 1943 to 1945 as Luftwaffenhelfer the Second World War, in part, to his responsibilities included the operation of the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun. Subsequently, he attended from 1945 to 1947 drama school and was directed by students at DEFA.
After various engagements Monk was from 1949 to 1953 Member of the Berliner Ensemble, and was, together with Benno Besson, young director and assistant under Bertolt Brecht and Bertholt district. He left the GDR in 1953 and worked from 1954 to 1959 as a freelance writer and radio drama with the RIAS Berlin. 1957 Monk moved to radio drama department of the NDR, where he was from 1960 to 1968 Head of the television game department.
Monk in 1968 was transferred for a short time as director of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg after director Oscar Fritz Schuh had resigned from this position. Monk made in Hamburg for a large theater scandal by The robbers shocked the conservative audience of the Hamburg State stage with its modern production of Friedrich Schiller.
Private life
Monk was married to his wife Ulla since 1950. The marriage produced two sons were born. His final resting place Egon Monk on the Ohlsdorfer Cemetery in Hamburg.