Oliver Polak
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Oliver Polak
Oliver Polak, born in Papenburg in 1976, is one of the most versatile entertainers of his generation. The comedian, who has won a Grimme Award and the German Television Award, recently shone in the rbb video podcast Besser als Krieg (»Better than War«), in the comedy series Your Life is a Joke on Netflix and on his talk show Gedankenpalast on BR. As a writer and columnist, he also likes to look deep into human abysses. Oliver Polak lives in Berlin. After Gegen Judenhass, L’amour numérique is his second book published by Suhrkamp Verlag.
Oliver Polak, born in Papenburg in 1976, is one of the most versatile entertainers of his generation. The comedian, who has won a Grimme Award and the German Television Award, recently shone in the rbb video podcast Besser als Krieg (»Better than War«), in the comedy series Your Life is a Joke on Netflix and on his talk show Gedankenpalast on BR. As a writer and columnist, he also likes to look deep into human abysses. Oliver Polak lives in Berlin. After Gegen Judenhass, L’amour numérique is his second book published by Suhrkamp Verlag.
Praise
»No other current German television presenter has more soul than Oliver Polak.« Süddeutsche Zeitung
»An all-rounder, whose sense of style is unique in the jungle of the German comedy scene.« WAMS
»An all-rounder, whose sense of style is unique in the jungle of the German comedy scene.« WAMS
»No other current German television presenter has more soul than Oliver Polak.« Süddeutsche Zeitung
»An all-rounder, whose sense of style is unique in the jungle of the German comedy scene.« WAMS
»An all-rounder, whose sense of style is unique in the jungle of the German comedy scene.« WAMS
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2022
Oliver PolakYear of Publication: 2022
L’amour numérique
What it means to find that one person, that great love: Oliver Polak describes nothing less in his latest book L’amour numérique. Or, to say it with Toto, the band: Hold the line. Love isn’t always on time.
In different episodes, Polak talks about the uplifting and the disillusioning challenges of modern love. Search, swipe and date...
Year of Publication: 2018
Oliver PolakYear of Publication: 2018
Stop Hating Jews
Oliver Polak is a well known German-Jewish stand up comedian. In this autobiographical book he describes the recent rise of antisemitism in Europe from his own personal perspective. And it is not...
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