Rudi Strahl (14 September 1931 – 4 May 2001) was a German playwright, novelist and poet.
During his term of service he was an employee of the publishing house of the Ministry of National Defense.
[1] His books reached a total edition of about 4.6 million copies, his theatre plays had more than 560 stagings.
His piece Er ist wieder da (He is back again) grounded an original adaptation by Peter Hack with the title Barby.
Rudi Strahl's relation to the reality of real socialism was that of a sceptical GDR patriot, who – especially as theatre comic poet – has faith in the changeability of circumstances and wants to convey this faith in a cheerful way, but his pieces also definitely show lackings in the system and moral-political problems of an affluent society.