F. W. Bernstein
Bernstein in 2005
Born
Fritz Weigle

(1938-03-04)4 March 1938
Göppingen, Germany
Died20 December 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 80)
Berlin, Germany
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Poet
  • cartoonist
  • satirist
  • academic
Organizations
SpouseSabine Weigle
Awards

F. W. Bernstein (born Fritz Weigle; 4 March 1938 – 20 December 2018) was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist, and academic. He worked for the satirical biweekly pardon. After teaching at schools, he was professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts from 1984 to 1999. He was one of the founding members of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, which published the satirical magazine Titanic.

Career

Born in Göppingen on 4 March 1938, Fritz Weigle[1] was the only son of Anna (née Krathwohl) and Friedrich Weigle. He attended the gymnasium in Göppingen, where he was known by the nickname Bernstein.[2][a] He studied from 1957 at the Stuttgarter Kunstakademie where he met Robert Gernhardt. In 1958, they both moved to the Berlin Academy of the Arts. Weigle returned to Stuttgart where he took the exam to be an art teacher in 1961. Later in 1961, he studied graphics in Berlin, and simultaneously German at the Free University of Berlin, completing in 1964. He began work as a teacher in 1966 in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule [de], followed by a post in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe from 1968.

He taught at the Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium [de] in Bad Vilbel from 1970 to 1972,[4] and moved then to the School of education (Pädagogische Hochschule) in Göttingen.[5] He was appointed professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts in 1984, the only such chair,[6] and held the post until he retired in 1999.[1] In April 1964, he began work for the satirical biweekly magazine pardon. He founded together with Gernhardt and F. K. Waechter its appendix Welt im Spiegel [de] (World in the mirror), published until 1976.[5]

"Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche
waren früher selber welche“
("The hottest critics of the moose were formerly ones themselves") Bronze by Hans Traxler [de; fr] in front of the Caricatura Museum Frankfurt

Together with Gernhardt, Eckhard Henscheid [de; fr], Waechter, Chlodwig Poth [de; fr], Bernd Eilert [de; fr], Peter Knorr [de; fr], and Hans Traxler [de; fr], Bernstein founded the group Neue Frankfurter Schule, publishing the satirical magazine Titanic from 1979.[1][7][8]

F. W. Bernstein lived and worked in Berlin-Steglitz.[2] He and his wife Sabine had two children.[1] He died on 20 December 2018, aged 80.[1][9]

Work

His works are held by the German National Library, including:[10]

Exhibitions

Awards

Bernstein received several awards, including:[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Nickname probably because he was always raving about the American cartoonist Saul Steinberg.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Dichter und Karikaturist F.W. Bernstein ist tot". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). 20 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Bofinger stellt sich was vor". Eulenspiegel (in German). 20 December 2018.
  3. ^ "F. W. Bernstein". Haus der Pressefreiheit (in German). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Neue Frankfurter Schule Zeichner und Dichter F.W. Bernstein ist tot". Hessenschau (in German). 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Mitbegründer der "Neuen Frankfurter Schule" Zeichner und Lyriker F.W. Bernstein gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Lyriker und Satiriker F.W. Bernstein gestorben]". FAZ (in German). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ^ Kühlmann, Wilhelm; Aurnhammer, Achim; Henschel, Christine; Jahn, Jahn; Killy, Walther (2011). Vo Z (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-3-11-022039-1.
  8. ^ Kollmer, Patrick (2007). "Gedicht ab- Vers läuft"- Parodie, Metapoesie und Komik in der Lyrik F. W. Bernsteins (in German). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-638-86582-1. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Satiriker: Busch-Preis für F. W. Bernstein". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 29 December 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Works by F. W. Bernstein" (in German). German National Library. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  11. ^ "F.W. Bernstein: Den Rest können Sie sich denken!". Mathematikum. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  12. ^ "F. W. Bernstein zum 75. Geburtstag". Wilhelm Busch – Deutsches Museum für Karikatur & Zeichenkunst. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  13. ^ "F. W. Bernstein – Zeichenzausels Werkschau". Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  14. ^ "F.W. Bernstein "im Walhalla der Komischen Künste"". Der Standard (in German). 19 July 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  15. ^ Timo Kaufhold (31 October 2017). "Fritz Weigle erhält Ludwig Emil Grimm-Preis für Karikatur 2018" (in German). kulturnetz-hanau.de. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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Awards Preceded byKarl Otto Götz Binding-Kulturpreis [de] 2003 With: Bernd Eilert [de; fr]Robert GernhardtPeter Knorr [de; fr]Chlodwig Poth [de; fr]Hans Traxler [de; fr]F. K. Waechter Succeeded byHans Günther Bastian [de] Preceded byHeinz Kreutz [de] Preceded byOtto Greis [de] Succeeded byKarl Rarichs Preceded byBernard Schultze Preceded byGerhard Polt Kassel Literary Prize 2008 Succeeded byPeter Rühmkorf Preceded byLoriot Wilhelm Busch Prize 2008 Succeeded byErnst Kahl [de]
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