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- Horst Pillau was born on July 21, 1932 in Vienna, Austria. He was a writer, known for Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977), Unter einem Dach (1974) and Ihr schönster Tag (1962). He was married to Susanne Ryll. He died on June 7, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpouseSusanne Ryll(? - June 7, 2021) (his death, 3 children)
- Began writing at the age of 18 when he submitted a sketch to RIAS, the radio and television station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War.
- Austrian-born stage and screen writer who settled in Berlin.
- His father was taken by the Russians at the end of World War II and disappeared without a trace until a laconic message arrived from Moscow in the 1960s that 'he had been shot shortly after his arrest, and that by mistake'.
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