Bov Bjerg

Bov Bjerg ist ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Kabarettist. Sein bürgerlicher Name ist Rolf Böttcher. Sein Pseudonym wählte er nach der dänischen Stadt Bovbjerg.

Bov Bjerg wuchs am Rande der Schwäbischen Alb auf. Er studierte Linguistik, Politik- und Literaturwissenschaften in Berlin und Amsterdam. Er ist Absolvent des Deutschen Literaturinstituts Leipzig. Um keinen Wehrdienst leisten zu müssen, zog Bov Bjerg 1984 nach Westberlin. Dort gründete er 1989 mit einigen Studienfreunden die Literaturzeitschrift Salbader. Zwischen 1989 und 1996 rief er mehrere Berliner Lesebühnen ins Leben: Dr. Seltsams Frühschoppen, Mittwochsfazit und die Reformbühne Heim & Welt. Bei verschiedenen Produktionen des Musikkabaretts Zwei Drittel arbeitete er als Schaus

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