Günther Hussong

Who is Günther Hussong?

Günther Hussong is a dialect poet, cabaret artist, composer and CD-producer.

His profession is high-school teacher of geography, Protestant religion and French at the “Von der Leyen Gymnasium” in Blieskastel. When living in Emden, Hussong discovered his love for the dialect being spoken in the region “Saarpfalz” and he published a dictionary about this dialect in 1991. After his return to the Saarland he was at first author and editor of the home-calendar “Momentaufnahmen”. In 1997, Hussong produced the CD E weider Wää noo Bethlehem as writer and speaker. In 2001, he produced his second CD Das doo fangt joo gut an. In 2004, he edited the CD Nix wie lauder Huddel with abstracts from his dialect-cabaret-programmes.

In 2001, Hussong was appointed to the "Bosener Gruppe", a federation of renowned artists from Lothringen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Elsaß and Saarland. He represented the dialect being spoken in his region in Kiel, at the celebration of the German Unification Day in 2001.