Halunkenpostille is an important work by the German writer Fritz Graßhoff. Published in 1947, the collection of more than 100 poems, ballads and songs is one of the most successful poetry books of the postwar period. Many texts were set to music and recorded by renowned artists, both in song and recitation. The total circulation was about 300,000 copies.

Literature

• Friedrich Zehm: Ein Bündel Chanson. In: The Musical Times Nr. 1519. Berkhamsted 1969.
• Eva Demski: Vagabund, Bänkelsänger, Malerpoet, Klabautermann. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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  The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , short F.A.Z., also known as the FAZ, is a national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .F.A.Z...
  
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• Wolfgang Ries: Gebrauchsware und Unnützes / Einige subjektive Anmerkungen zu Person und Werk von Fritz Graßhoff (Gebrauchsware und Unnützes / some subjective remarks on the person and work of Fritz Graßhoff) muschelhaufen.de