Toucan Prize (Tukan-Preis)
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1989) Winner
Herbert Achternbusch
ヘルベルト・アハテルンブーシュ
Heruberuto Ahaterunbūshu
Aliases:
Herbert Schild
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-11-23 （Munich, Germany）
- Died
- 2022-01-10 （Munich, Germany） age 83
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Munich, Germany → Bavarian Forest → Cham, Germany → Ambach, Lake Starnberg → Munich's Burgstraße
Career
- Occupations
- Film director, Writer, Painter, Playwright, Theatre director
- Active Years
- 1971-2002
- Influenced By
- Karl Valentin, Groucho Marx
- Influenced
- Werner Herzog
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg | — | Fine Arts | — | — | Germany |
| Academy of Fine Arts, Munich | — | Fine Arts | — | — | Germany |
Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg
Fine Arts
Country:
Germany
After Abitur
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Fine Arts
Country:
Germany
Studied fine arts
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis | — | — | Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr | winner |
| 1994 | Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis | — | — | Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr | winner |
| 2010 | Kassel Literary Prize | — | — | — | winner |
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
1986
Organization:
Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr
Result:
winner
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
1994
Organization:
Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr
Result:
winner
Kassel Literary Prize
2010
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
Die Alexanderschlacht
1972 Avant-garde novelAvant-garde prose novel, important for the literary avant-garde of the time.
avant-gardeBavaria
Das Gespenst (The Ghost)
1982 FilmbookControversial film featuring blasphemous scenes, presented at Berlinale.
religionblasphemysurrealism
Adaptations
- [Film] The Ghost / Herbert Achternbusch (1982)
Bibliography
- Die Alexanderschlacht (1972)
- L'Etat c'est moi (1972)
- Der Tag wird kommen (1973)
- Die Stunde des Todes (1977)
- Ich bin ein Schaf : Memoiren (1996)
- The Olympic Champion (2024)
Translations of Works
- The Olympic Champion (English translation, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- anarchistsurrealisticBavaria love-hate
- Recurring Motifs
- BavariareligionalcoholOktoberfest
Legacy
Unique universal artist who enriched the German cultural landscape with provocative and polarizing works in film, literature, and painting.
Museums
- Museum Moderner Kunst Passau Passau, Germany
- Munich Film Museum Munich, Germany
Trivia
- Born illegitimate as Herbert Schild in Munich and raised by grandmother in the Bavarian Forest.
- Adopted by biological father Adolf Achternbusch in 1960, taking his surname.
- Father of six children with three women.
- Known for declining awards like the Petrarca-Preis, burning the check publicly.