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Friedrich Karl Waechter (born 3 November 1937 in Danzig, died 16 September 2005 in Frankfurt) was a renowned German cartoonist, author, and playwright. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

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Life

Waechter was born in Danzig as a son of a teacher. Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland His family fled over the Baltic Sea after World War II and settled in Sahms (Schleswig-Holstein). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Waechter attended the Lauenburg Scholar School in Ratzeburg, where his graphic talents became apparent. He then studied graphic art in Hamburg. In 1962, he moved to Frankfurt and took a job drawing cartoons in an advertisement magazine Die Zeit. His work attracted the attention of the editors of the soon-to-be satire magazine, Pardon. They gave Waechter a preliminary copy and asked for his suggestions. Waechter's constructive criticism earned him a job with the fledgling magazine.

While at Pardon, he co-founded the New Frankfurt School, a group of eminent comic writers and cartoonists. The name was a play on the Frankfurt School of Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. The Frankfurt School is a school of neo-Marxist Critical theory, Social research, and Philosophy. Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno ( September 11, 1903 &ndash August 6, 1969) was a German -born international sociologist Max Horkheimer (February 14 1895 &ndash July 7 1973 was a German Philosopher and Sociologist, and a founder and guiding thinker of Critical The group included Robert Gernhardt, F. Robert Gernhardt (b December 13 1937, Reval (Tallinn Estonia - d W. Bernstein, Bernd Eilert, Eckhard Henschied, F. W. Ambers, Peter Gnarl, Hans Traxler, and Chlodwig Poth. Their work celebrated subversive nonsense, typified by Pardon's regular "Welt in Spiegel" ("In the Mirror") feature.

Waechter became a father and, by 1970, began writing children's books. Many of these encouraged the reader to complete puzzles and drawings, write in the book, cut it up, or otherwise participate in the story. The books appealed to both children and adults and showcased his artistic talents: simple yet expressive cartoons, carefully cross-hatched pen and ink, collage, and realistic paintings. He would write some forty books throughout his life. They are typified by Anti-Struwwwelpeter ("Anti-Strawpeter," a parody of Heinrich Hoffman's popular German children's book, Struwwelpeter), Die Schoepfung (Waechter's re-telling of Biblical creation), and Der Kronenklauer ("The Crown Snatchers," an anti-authoritarian fable). Heinrich Hoffman was born on December 23 1836 He served in the American Civil War, and was a Medal of Honor Recipient Der Struwwelpeter (1845 is a popular German Children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann which has been translated into English. The Crown Snatchers is a self-described "superstorybook" written by German authors F

In 1979 he co-founded Titanic, another satirical magazine. His cartoons featured regularly until 1992, when he began focusing on teaching, writing books, and writing and directing plays.

Waechter's final work was Vollmond ("Full Moon"), a fantastic tale of a space journey. He completed it while undergoing treatment for lung cancer. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. He died on September 16, 2005 at the age of 67, leaving behind a wife and three sons.

Honors

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