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Wittus Witt
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Born | Hans-Günter Witt August 7, 1949 Bockhorst-Versmold, Germany |
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Nationality | German |
Categories | Books by Wittus Witt |
Wittus Witt (b. 1949) is a German magician, author and publisher
Biography
Witt went to the State Art Academy in Dusseldorf to study an art teacher. Afterwards, he moved to the College of Design in Dusseldorf in 1976 and earned his degree as a designer.
From 1993 to 1995 he appeared regularly on the radio and has performed over two hundred times on television. From 1994 to 1997 he had his own television series: "Tele-spell with Wittus Witt" in which he performed interactive magic tricks every second week live with a spectator.
Witt is one of the founding members of the association of full-time magicians "The Professionals", which met for the first time in autumn 1989.
Since 1977 Wittus has published the well-known magic directory "International Magic Yellow Pages" which appear in a 3-years cycle. The publication contains currently more than 1,300 names from all over the world. Since 2006 it is also available as an E-book version.
In 2000 he took over Germany's magic magazine Magische Welt, in which he previously published articles and a column. He has also developed the German language version of Magicpedia.[1]
In 2011 Wittus Witt founded the annual Hamburg magic nights, in which several magicians show their full evening shows during one weekend.
In 2012 he opened Germany’s first art gallery dedicated to the art of magic and visual art connected with magic.
Awards
- First Price Comedy Magic 1976, Vienna, FISM World Congress of Magic
Books
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References
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- Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Witt, Hans-Günter = Wittus Witt, page 238
- Genii, Vol. 55, No. 4, February 1992, OUR FEATURE: Wittus Witt, page 246
- http://www.wittuswitt.de/
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