Walther Petri

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Walther Petri (born April 11, 1940 in Leipzig , † September 27, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German freelance artist. He worked as a painter , graphic artist , sculptor , author and poet .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1958, Petri began studying applied arts in Leipzig that same year. From 1961 to 1963 he worked as a theater painter at the Stralsund Theater and completed an assistant stage design there .

In 1963 he began studying pedagogy in Dresden , which he completed in 1967. He then worked for almost ten years as a teacher of German and art education in Espenhain near Leipzig. From 1976 to 1980 he worked at the University of Education in Leipzig.

Petri has been working as a freelancer since 1980. In addition to his lyrical work, the work included children's books, adaptations (especially English and Czech poetry), editions, radio reports , documentary film texts as well as graphics and book designs. His works were u. a. Translated into Polish , Hungarian , Lithuanian , Flemish , French and Russian . The first major exhibition was shown in 1990 in Mülheim an der Ruhr . In 2011 Petri died during an operation in Berlin.

tomb

Walther Petri was divorced, had three grown children and last lived in Berlin. His grave is in the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin.

Awards

Walther Petri received a number of awards, including the Silver Palm of GDR television , the Alex Wedding Prize in 1990, the Eberhard Literature Prize donated by the State of Brandenburg in 1992 and the Otto Braun Prize of Honor from the German Schiller Foundation in 1996 . In 1997 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Works (selection)

Books

  • The jewelery of the harlequin. Poems. Aufbau Verlag 1974 (with own drawings)
  • The freight locomotive from Jüterbog, children's book publisher Berlin 1978
  • Humbug is a train station, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1978
  • A telegram from Sanssouci, Aufbau Verlag 1980
  • The diary of Dawid Rubinowicz (editor), Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1985
  • Tohuwabohu, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1986
  • A yellow omnibus, children's book publisher Berlin 1987
  • On unalterable reasons, Aufbau Verlag 1989
  • The raven Ebar and the sparrow Anastas, Altberliner Verlag 1989
  • Key experiences, sheet metal, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1990
  • Das Derdiedasbuch, Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1991
  • King Edmund the Feared, Altberliner Verlag 1991
  • Menke Kenke, Faber & Faber Sisyphus Press 1993
  • My felled tree, Faber & Faber 1995
  • Trojan moment, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 2000
  • Flight recorder, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 2003
  • Reality, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 2003
  • Earthly signs, Donat Verlag Bremen 2011
  • Mein Bärlin, Donat Verlag Bremen 2011

Movie

  • When you think of Chile. Documentary, DEFA 1977, book: Walther Petri and Konrad Weiß
  • David’s diary. Documentary about Dawid Rubinowicz. DEFA 1980, book: Walther Petri and Konrad Weiß
  • I am small but important, a film essay about Janusz Korczak. DEFA 1988, book: Walther Petri and Konrad Weiß
  • Wolf Kaiser . Actor. Berlin - Friedrichstrasse. Documentary, 1992, Walther Petri and Roland Steiner

literature

  • Brigitte Böttcher (Ed.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Walther Petri, p. 74 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walther Petri dead on www.neues-deutschland.de from October 4, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Petri, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist, sculptor, author and poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2011
Place of death Berlin