Barbara Henniger

Barbara Henniger (born November 9, 1938 in Dresden ) is a German cartoonist and book author.

Life

Henniger grew up in Dresden- Striesen as the daughter of a plumber and a hairdresser and, after graduating from high school, studied architecture from 1956 to 1958 at the Technical University of Dresden . In 1959 she started a traineeship at the Sächsisches Tageblatt in Dresden. She worked as a journalist and cartoonist for this daily newspaper, published by the Saxony Regional Association of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany . It was there that she met her husband, whom she married in 1967.

Since her husband Heinfried Henniger got a job as a lecturer at the book publisher Der Morgen in the same year , they moved to Strausberg in 1967 . Henniger has since worked as a freelance caricaturist and from that time on also worked as one of the regular drawers at Eulenspiegel .

Henniger has a daughter.

1984: Art Prize of the GDR
1985: "Golden Hat", 1st prize at the International Cartoon Contest in Knokke (Belgium)
1991: "Goldener Gothaer", 1st place of the 1st "Gothaer Karikade" in Gotha
1999: "Silberner Gothaer", 2nd place of the 9th "Gothaer Karikade"
2001: German Caricature Award in Dresden, audience award
2003: Caricature competition “What is social?” In Berlin, 1st prize
2006: German Caricature Award, “Winged Pencil” in gold
2012: German Caricature Award, Lifetime Achievement Award
2017: eoplauen award

Barbara's practical left. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1978.
In paradise and elsewhere. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-359-00152-4 .
Drawings for: Wolfgang Eckert : Saxony. The happy travel guide for everyone who wants to track down the descendants of the strong August on the Elbe, Pleisse and Mulde as well as the "Säggssche Gemiedlichkeed". Tomus, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-8231-0560-4 .
with Klaus Steffen: Eat like Erich. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-359-00819-7 .
Our German Democratic Republic. Rowohlt, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-87134-336-6 .
Two-way traffic. Transport Museum, Dresden 1999.
Hello, neighbor ... Eulenspiegel, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-359-01460-X .
Woman pictures! Caricatures by Barbara Henniger and Hogli . Schaltzeit Verlag , Berlin 2010, ISBN 3-9413-6205-4 .

personal data
SURNAME	Henniger, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German caricaturist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden