Torsten Sträter

Torsten Sträter (born 4 September 1966 in Dortmund) is a German Author, Comedian and Kabarettist.

Torsten Sträter in 2020

Life

Torsten Sträter was born in Dortmund in the district Eving (Brechten) as an illegitimate child in his grandmother's house.^[1] The next day the family moved to Waltrop and he only returned to Dortmund when he was 16.^[2] In Dortmund he then completed his training as a men's tailor. He then did 15 months of basic military service in the Bundeswehr where he was stationed in Neustadt am Rübenberge.^[3] and then worked in mobile phone sales and for his mother and brother's shipping company.^[4]

Especially in the mid-1990s, Torsten Sträter suffered from a depressive illness,^[5][6] which he also dealt with in cabaret. He was on stage for the first time in 2006 when he was still suffering from depression.^[7]

He is a frequent guest on Extra 3^[8] and also appeared on LOL: Last One Laughing which he won in 2021.^[9]

His trademark has been a Beanie for some time now.^[10]

He is the father of one child and lives in Dortmund.^[11]

Works by Sträter

• Hämoglobin, Eldur Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-937419-03-9.
• Postkarten aus der Dunkelheit, Eldur Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-937419-10-7.
• Hit the Road, Jack!, Eldur Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-937419-11-4.
• Brainspam, Eldur Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-937419-17-6.
• Der David ist dem Goliath sein Tod, Carlsen Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-37535-9.
• Selbstbeherrschung umständehalber abzugeben, Carlsen Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-68481-3.
• Selbstbeherrschung umständehalber abzugeben, Ullstein Taschenbuch, 2014, ISBN 978-3-548-37534-2.
• Als ich in meinem Alter war, Lappan Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8303-3406-4.
• Es ist nie zu spät, unpünktlich zu sein, Ullstein Taschenbuch, 2017, ISBN 978-3-548-06352-2.
• Sträters Gutenachtgeschichten, Ullstein Verlag, 2021, ISBN 978-3-548-06454-3.
• Du kannst alles lassen, du musst es nur wollen, Ullstein Verlag, 2022, ISBN 978-3-864-93227-4.

External links

• Official website by Torsten Straeter