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Robert Gernhardt

ロベルト・ゲルンハルト

Robāto Gerunharuto

Aliases: Lützel Jeman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-12-13 (Tallinn)
Died
2006-06-30 (Frankfurt am Main) age 68
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown Baptismal Name: Unknown
Residence History
Tallinn, Estonia → Poznań, Poland → Göttingen, Germany → Stuttgart, Germany → Berlin, Germany → Frankfurt am Main, Germany → Tuscany, Italy

Career

Occupations
poet, cartoonist, short story writer, writer, painter, graphic artist
Active Years
1964-2006
Affiliations
pardon magazine, Titanic magazine, Neue Frankfurter Schule
Influenced By
Wilhelm Busch, Christian Morgenstern, Heinrich Heine, Bertolt Brecht

Education

Art school in Stuttgart
Painting
Country: Germany
Hochschule der Künste Berlin
Painting
Country: Germany
Freie Universität Berlin
German Studies
Country: Germany

Awards

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
1983
Result: 受賞
Kassel Literary Prize
1991
Result: 受賞
Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis
1998
Result: 受賞
Rheingau Literatur Preis
2002
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Heine Prize
2004
Result: 受賞
Wilhelm Busch Prize
2006
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wörtersee

Poetry

Poetry collection

Wordplay

Herz in Not

Poetry

Kippfigur

Poetry

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Satirical styleSocial critiquePlay with language and soundIrreverential quoting of literary traditions
Recurring Motifs
HumorSelf-consciously irreverential attitude

Health

  • Multiple bypass operation
    1996
    Underwent multiple bypass operation
  • Colorectal cancer
    2002-2006
    Diagnosed in 2002, succumbed in 2006

Legacy

Important figure in German satire and poetry. Co-founder of Titanic magazine.

In Popular Culture

  • Helaba bank sponsors Robert Gernhardt Prize

Trivia

  • Born to Baltic German family
  • Father killed in WWII
  • Wrote material for Otto Waalkes