Reinhard Kleist

Reinhard Kleist at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

Reinhard Kleist (born February 11, 1970 in Hürth ) is a German graphic designer and comic artist .

life and work

Kleist studied graphics and design at the Münster University of Applied Sciences . It was there that he made his albums Lovecraft , Dorian and, as a diploma thesis, The Adventure of a Switchman . After completing his studies, Kleist moved to Berlin . In 1996 he won the Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language comic album ( Lovecraft ) at the International Comic Salon in Erlangen . From 2003 to 2008 he worked together with the author Tobias O. Meißner on the Berlinoir series , which was published by Edition 52 . In September 2006 his biography Cash - I See a Darkness about Johnny Cash was published by Carlsen Verlag . In 2007 he also presented another biography about rock legend Elvis Presley entitled Elvis , published by Ehapa . For a trip to Cuba in 2008 he learned Spanish and then drew and sketched street scenes of Havana , which he summarized in the 2009 cartoon band Havana . In 2011 Der Boxer appeared on the Jewish boxer Harry Haft , and in 2014 as a serial first in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Der Traum von Olympia. The story of Samia Yusuf Omar , and then in 2015 in Carlsen Verlag. Reinhard Kleist published two books about the Australian musician Nick Cave in 2017. Several of his graphic novels have also appeared in translations in English, French or Arabic.

Awards

Reinhard Kleist at the Leipzig Book Fair 2009

• 1996: Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language in-house production ( Lovecraft ).
• 2007: PENG! - The Munich Comic Prize for the best German comic ( Cash - I See a Darkness ).
• 2007: Audience Award Sondermann for the best national comic ( Cash - I See a Darkness ).
• 2008: Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language in-house production ( Cash - I See a Darkness ).
• 2008: ICOM Independent Comic Prize for outstanding artwork
• 2013: Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize)
• 2013: Youth literature award in the non-fiction category for The Boxer: The Survival Story of Hertzko Haft
• 2015: Lynx of the Year for The Dream of Olympia - The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar
• 2016: Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize for The Dream of Olympia - The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar
• 2016: Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for books for children and young people for The Dream of Olympia - The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar
• 2018: Max and Moritz Prize - Best German-speaking comic artist

Works (selection)

• Lovecraft , Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89343-131-4
• Das Festmahl , Landpresse, 1995, ISBN 3-930137-33-X
• Adventure of a switchman , Landpresse, 1996, ISBN 3-930137-45-3
• Dorian , Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-89343-135-7
• America , Jochen Enterprises, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-930486-53-9
• Fucked , Reprodukt, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931377-69-5
• R-24 12 , Steeplechase , Reprodukt, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-931377-73-3
• The horror in the walls , Edition 52, Wuppertal 2002, ISBN 3-935229-13-5
• Berlinoir 1 , Scherschemund , Edition 52, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-935229-23-2
• Berlinoir 2 , murder! , Edition 52, Wuppertal 2004, ISBN 3-935229-37-2
• Berlinoir 3 , Narbenstadt , Edition 52, Wuppertal 2008, ISBN 978-3-935229-47-0 .
• Cash - I See a Darkness , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-551-76837-7
• Elvis - The Illustrated Biography , Ehapa Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-7704-3128-1
• The Secrets of Coney Island , Edition 52, Wuppertal 2007, ISBN 978-3-935229-52-4 .
• Havanna , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-551-73434-1
• Castro , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-551-78965-5
• The Boxer - The True Story of Hertzko Haft , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-78697-5 . (2012 also as a serial comic in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).
• Reinhard Osteroth, text: 1914. A painter goes to war , Aladin Verlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-84890078-7 .
• The dream of Olympia - The story of Samia Yusuf Omar , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-73639-0 .
• Nick Cave - Mercy on me , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2017. ISBN 3-551-76466-2
• Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: An Artbook by Reinhard Kleist , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2017. ISBN 3-551-76329-1
• Knock Out! , Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-551-73363-4

Exhibitions (selection)

• Terminal4 Gallery (2000)
• Gallery Engler and Piper (2001)
• SO36 (2003)
• Gallery Knoth and Krueger (2003)
• Lorraine Ogilvie Gallery (2005)
• Gallery Knoth and Krueger (2006)
• International Comic Salon Erlangen (2008)

Web links

Commons : Reinhard Kleist  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Reinhard Kleist in the catalog of the German National Library
• Reinhard Kleist's website
• Review of The Boxer on KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Reinhard Kleist , Goethe-Institut , March 2005
• Berlinoir website
• Review of Havana , ComicRadioShow

Interviews

• Cuba comic. “The revolution is present everywhere” , Tagesspiegel , January 18, 2009, interview
• Interview (on the subject of graphic novels) , August 29, 2011
• https://taz.de/Comiczeichner-ueber-Homophobie-im-Sport/!5630917/

Individual evidence

1. ^ First German graphic novel in Arabic. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Reinhard Kleist receives Catholic children's and youth book prize. Domradio.de, March 16, 2016, accessed on March 16, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Reinhard Kleist: "The Boxer" - Part 1 - Image 1 of 189 . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 11, 2020]).