Drs. P

Swiss-Dutch singer, writer, composer, pianist and cabaret artist

Heinz Hermann Polzer (German pronunciation: [haɪnts ˈhɛrman ˈpɔltsər]; 24 August 1919 – 13 June 2015), better known under his pseudonym Drs. P (Dutch pronunciation: [dɔktoːˈrɑndʏs peː]), was a Swiss singer-songwriter, poet, and prose writer in the Dutch language.[1] Other pseudonyms were Geo Staad, Coos Neetebeem (a variant of the name of Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom)[2] and drandus P.[3]

Drs. P in 2011

Drs. P. died at the age of 95 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 (in Dutch) "Zanger en plezierdichter Drs. P op 95-jarige leeftijd overleden", NRC Handelsblad; retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Heinz Polzer". www.kunstbus.nl. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. Beek, Mats. "Drs. P - Bi(bli)ografie". www.schrijversinfo.nl. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

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