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Bert Papenfuß was a German poet who was born on January 11, 1956. He was trained as an electrician and sound and lighting technician. After working in the East German army as a construction soldier, he switched to theater.
He first worked in Schwerin and later in 1976, he worked in Berlin. He was quite active in the era of the literature scene of Prenzlauer Berg that developed in the late 1970s. Bert Papenfuß has also worked as a freelance writer since 1980 and over the years, he has worked with numerous artists and musicians which include A. R. Penck and Tarwater.
Between 1999 and 2009, Bert Papenfuß was co-owner of the Kaffee Burger Club (famous for Wladimir Kaminer’s Russendisko). He coordinated the cultural program Salon Brückenkopf and also served as co-editor of the anarchistic magazine Gegner and the cultural magazine Zonic.
Bert Papenfuß was co-owner of the culture café Rumbalotte Contiua which started operating on September 17, 2010.
Bert Papenfuß Cause of Death
Bert Papenfuß died on August 26, 2023. He was 67 years old at the time of his death. He died of cancer.
Awards
Awards received by Bert Papenfuß include the 1988 N.-C.-Caser-Prize, 1991 F.-C.-Weiskopf-Prize, 1996 Town Writer of Rheinsberg , 1998 Erich Fried Prize and 2008 Eugen Viehof Honorary Gift from the German Schiller Foundation.
Works
Some of his works also include harm. ark seal 77, KULTuhr Verlag, Berlin 1985, thirteen dance, Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin and Weimar 1988, SoJa, (with drawings by Wolfram Adalbert Scheffler), Druckhaus Galrev, Berlin 1990, tiské (with drawings by A. R. Penck), Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 1990, forward in anger &sw. (with 7 graphics by Strawalde), Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 1990, led saudaus. not seal, cart seal (with drawings by the author), Janus Press, Berlin 1991 and routine in the romance of everyday life (with drawings by Helge Leiberg), Janus Press, Berlin 1995.
Others are Berliner Zapfenstreich: Quick Intervention Songs (with drawings by AR Penck ), BasisDruck Verlag, Berlin 1996, SBZ – Land and People (with drawings by Silka Teichert), Druckhaus Galrev, Berlin 1998, Dance industry. An applied serial novel, www.kaffeeburger.de, Berlin 2001, Hair bow fall. Experiments about the state and the world (with drawings by Tom Platt), BasisDruck Verlag, Berlin 2001, Rumbalotte Poems 1998-2002, Urs Engeler Editor, Basel, Weil am Rhein and Vienna 2005 and Ation-Aganda: Poems 1983/1990 (with drawings by Ronald Lippok), Urs Engeler Editor, Basel, Weil am Rhein and Vienna 2008.
