Marianne Oswald

Biography

Marianne Oswald was a French singer and actress born Sarah Alice Bloch in Sarreguemines, Alsace-Lorraine, on January 9, 1901. She gained notoriety for her distinctive hoarse voice and songs about unrequited love and despair, often performed to the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. Friends with notable figures like Jean Cocteau and Albert Camus, Oswald's work inspired composers Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honegger.