F.K. Waechter

Friedrich KarlWaechter was born in Danzig (now Poland) in 1937. From 1962, he has lived in Frankfurt am Main, working first as a graphic artist and later as a freelancer for various newspapers and magazines, including a number of satirical publications. In1966 he published his first volume of drawings and cartoons. His famous Anti-Shockheaded Peterappeared in 1970. F.K.Waechter died in 2005 in Frankfurt am Main. F.K. Waechter's books have been published in 11 languages.

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»A genius.«Die Zeit

»Waechter does not only write for children alone – he is an author who strikes a chord with all ages, with anyone who has been five and wants to reach one hundred, as he once put it.«Literaturclub SF DRS

»His Drawings were sometimes provocative, often ›rude‹, but always imbued with a sense of tenderness for the follies of human existance. His pictures and texts managed to be caustic and warmhearted at the same time. His sense of the absurd, combined with the quality of his drawing, created the unmistakable Waechter touch.«New Books in German