Ludwig Hanemann

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Ludwig Franz Wilhelm Hanemann (born October 27, 1907 in Hartlebury, Worcestershire, England; † February 11, 1996 in Munich) was a German magician and author who went by the stage name Punx and had a major influence on the presentation of magic in the 20th century.

Life

Punx's parents were Germans who lived in England for a short time. This is where Punx was born. His interest in magic was sparked by attending magician performances to which his grandfather took him. When he was five years old, his parents moved him back to Germany and lived in Bremen. During World War II he was captured in France in 1944 and eventually interned in Great Britain. There he appeared under the name PUNX, which he had been using since around 1940. In 1946 he returned to Germany and in 1948 became a professional magician. At the same time, he learned the profession of advertising specialist.

Art form

Punx had the gift of combining good effects with good stories and thus achieved a particularly effective form of dramatic presentation. In full-length performances he portrayed Eulenspiegel, Cagliostro, and Münchhausen in appropriate costumes. In the end he appeared as Punx. Natias Neutert emphasized in his Punx portrait for DIE ZEIT if you want to enchant people and develop your own doings and drives into an art form . The special thing about it: Punx appeared with his programs in theaters that were previously closed to magic. He called his evenings a surrealist conference with music

When Punx was awarded the Hofzinser Ring in 1950 , the news magazine Der Spiegel published him as the first and to this day only magician as a cover story and with a cover picture. Punx also appeared on the cover of the illustrated Gong , issue 29, 1959, July 19 - July 25.

watch TV

From Punx

  • From 1957 to 1959, Punx performed a total of 46 short magic demonstrations on television, thereby bridging breaks.
  • On October 31, 1981, the ARD broadcast a 45-minute compilation of the program under the title Punx - Interpret des Fantastischen .

About Punx

  • On April 2nd, 1997 Ralf Zöller's film portrait Punx was broadcast.

Honors

1950: Third holder of the Hofzinser ring for his services to magic. 1989: Honorary Chairman of the American PEA, Psychic Entertainers Association for life.

Publications (selection)

  • 32 sheets and lots of puzzles (1950) DNB-Link
  • Incredible (1955)
  • Sit at My Feet (1977), English version by Bill Palmer as Magical Adventures and Fairy Tales (1989), Canadian extended version: Once upon a Time ... (2000)
  • Feathered personalities , Landbuch-Verlag GmbH, Hanover, (1978)
  • The True Dream (1978), English version by Robert Cassidy as The Prophetic Dream (1980)
  • My Three Best Card Routines (1985)
  • Experiments with Überraum (8 volumes, 1978-85), English version by Bill Palmer as Fourth Dimensional Mysteries (1990)
  • Last Bow (1987), English version by Bill Palmer Farewell Performance (1991)
  • as well as countless articles in magazines such as Magie , Liliput , Magisches Magazin , Magische Welt , Vibrations , and Seance .

Literature on Punx

  • Olaf Benzinger: zu Punx, in: Das Buch der Zauberer , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, dtv No. 24386, Munich 2003, p. 173 f. ISBN 9783423243865
  • Florian Faust: And your eyes are like children's eyes in Magical World , Volume 5, 56th year, p. 262 ff.
  • Almut Lehner / Wittus Witt : An occult person . Conversation with the Punx daughter, in Magische Welt, 56th year, issue 5, p. 265 ff.
  • Natias Neutert : Incredible - but true! in DIE ZEIT No. 52, December 24, 1993.
  • Stephan Oettermann: Lexicon of Magicians, Edition Volker Huber, 2004 ISBN 9783921785867
  • Rausch, Ulrich : The Punx Project - List of sources reconstructs a life, in MAGIE - The Art of Enchanting, 10/2018, page 472ff.
  • Joe Wildon : on Punx, in: Magisches Magazin , 5th year, April 1955, No. 1, p. 3 ff.
  • Gisela and Dietmar Winkler: on Punx, in: Das große Hokuspokus . From the life of famous magicians. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1981, p. 491 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To be read in the magazine Der Spiegel of February 9, 1950, p. 38.
  2. ↑ See Stephan Oettermann: Lexikon der Zauberkünstler, Edition Volker Huber, 2004 ISBN 9783921785867
  3. ↑ Gisela and Dietmar Winkler: Das große Hokuspokus, Henschelverlag, Berlin, 1981
  4. ↑ Cf. Natias Neutert : Incredible - but true! in DIE ZEIT No. 52, December 24, 1993. [1]
  5. ^ Program booklet in the Kassner Collection, undated, Druck- und Verlagshaus Frankfurt am Main GmbH approx. 1949
  6. ↑ Der Spiegel: Ringed for life, No. 6, 1950. Retrieved on March 19, 2018 .


personal data
SURNAME Hanemann, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Punx (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magician
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartlebury , England
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1996
Place of death Munich