Robert Gernhardt

Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006) was born in Reval, now Tallinn, and fled to Germany with his family in 1946. He studied painting in Stuttgart and German literature in Berlin. Gernhardt worked as a writer, poet, painter, illustrator, cartoonist and satirist, and was a major representative of the New Frankfurt School. He became known for satirical publications in magazines such as “Pardon” and “Titanic,” books including “Die Toscana-Therapie” and “Kippfigur,” and as a co-author of screenplays for Otto Waalkes. His work received numerous awards, including the Heinrich Heine Prize and the Wilhelm Busch Prize.