Gert Westphal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German actor, recitator, audio director
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Place of Birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
About Gert Westphal
- Curt Gerhard Westphal, stage name Gert Westphal, (5 October 1920 – 10 November 2002) was a German-Swiss actor, audiobook narrator, recitator and director, one of the best-known audiobook narrators and speakers in German, described as "König der Vorleser" (king of recitators) and "der Caruso der Vorleser" (the Caruso among recitators).
- After his reading of her husband's works, Katia Mann called him "des Dichters oberster Mund" (the poet's principal voice).
- The literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki said he was probably the best reciter of German.
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