Carl-Heinz Doemken

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Carl-Heinz Dömken (born April 13, 1929 in Hanover ; † December 12, 2011 in Göddenstedt ) was a German horse breeder, caricaturist, artist, journalist and author.

Live and act

Since his primary school days, Dömken has been enthusiastic about the writer Karl May , whose work had a decisive influence on his life. Early on, he maintained contacts with personalities from the Karl May scene such as Klara May , the writer's widow, Patty Frank and Euchar Albrecht Schmid , the managing director of Karl May Verlag .

Even as a schoolboy, Dömken drew caricatures. He sent one of his drawings to Henri Nannen , who brought him to his magazine Stern after graduating from high school . After working as a journalist and illustrator for Nannens magazine, Dömken studied German at the University of Hamburg . At the same time he took acting lessons from Willy Birgel . As a result, he completed training in acting and directing at the Academy for Music and Theater in Hanover , today's Hanover University of Music, Theater and Media . Then Dömken worked as assistant director to the artistic director Franz Reichert at the State Theater Hanover, today's Lower Saxony State Theater Hanover .

Dömken worked as a cartoonist and draftsman for his entire life. “The first Federal President, Theodor Heuss, felt that Dömken's caricature 'really worked out'; Federal Chancellors Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Schmidt had him portrayed them.” Since 1995, Dömken has designed the cover illustrations for the widespread volumes of Karl May's novels in the Karl-May in Bamberg -Publishing company.

Dömken also dealt with Karl May as an author. He summarized all the passages in his work about Kara Ben Nemsi's legendary stallion Rih in a book into his own biography of the horse. In addition, Dömken published numerous works on horses.

He founded and ran a stud in the Lüneburg Heath until his death , where he bred Arabian horses and dogs of the Chien de Montagne des Pyrénées breed.

His friends and acquaintances included Marika Rökk , Hans Albers , Heinz Rühmann and Heinz Erhardt , who, according to Dömken, "had no sense of humor."

Works (selection)

literature

  • Bernhard Schmid: Carl-Heinz Dömken. Painter, horse lover, Karl May Original. Festschrift for the 80th birthday on April 14, 2009. Bamberg and Radebeul: Karl-May-Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-7802-3073-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b A life made of stories: Dömken is turning 80 , Göttinger Tageblatt of April 13, 2009
  2. ↑ My stallion Rih. From Karl May . Bamberg: Karl-May-Verlag 1997. ISBN 3-78020-151-8
personal data
SURNAME Doemken, Carl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German horse breeder, caricaturist, artist, journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2011
Place of death Goddenstedt