{"id":3437,"date":"2012-01-15T14:33:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T14:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2017-11-14T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:46:47","slug":"german-characters-wilhelm-busch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-characters-wilhelm-busch\/","title":{"rendered":"German characters: Wilhelm Busch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I want to introduce another German character to you. This one is for sure not as bekannt<\/strong> (famous) as Albert Einstein for example. But anyway he made his contribution to German poetry, humor and language.<\/p>\n

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch<\/strong> was born on April 15th 1832 in Widensahl. He was one of the most influentual humorous Dichter<\/strong> (poets) and Zeichner<\/strong> (drawers) in Germany. His first picture story was released in 1859. Already in the 1870\u00b4s he was one of the most famous characters in Germany. At the time of his death, he was seen as a \u201eClassic of German humor\u201c who reached a great popularity with his satiric Bildergeschichten<\/strong> (picture stories).<\/p>\n

Today he is also seen as a Pionier<\/strong> (pioneer) in comic strips. Some of his most famous Werke<\/strong> (creations) are:<\/p>\n

– Max und Moritz
\n– Die fromme Helene
\n– Plisch und Plum
\n– Hans Huckebein, der Ungl\u00fccksrabe
\n– Die Knopp-Trilogie<\/p>\n

Many of his two-liners like \u201eVater werden ist nicht schwer, Vater sein dagegen sehr\u201c<\/strong> (To become father is very easy, but to be a father is not easy at all) or \u201eDieses war der erste Streich, doch der zweite folgt sogleich\u201c<\/strong> (This was the first coup, but the second one will follow immediately) became\u00a0 figures of speech in German Sprachgebrauch<\/strong> (linguistic usage). His satires mock attributes of certain people or groupings. So he often offends the self-satisfaction and doubtable moral opinions of Spie\u00dfb\u00fcrger<\/strong> (philistines) and the bigotry of civil and clerical persons with his picture stories.<\/p>\n

Busch was an earnest and close-mouthed man who lived many years in provincial Zur\u00fcckgezogenheit (reclusiveness). He didn\u00b4t cherish his own picture stories. For him they were just a way to earn some money to advance his financial situation after unfinished studies of arts and a long lasting financial Abh\u00e4ngigkeit<\/strong> (dependency) on his parents.<\/p>\n

His attempt to become a serious painter failed with his own demands on quality. So he destroyed most of his paintings. That things that were left couldn\u00b4t be related to a special style. His lyrical compositions and Prosa<\/strong> (prose) unfortunately were not accepted by the audience because the people clearly associated Wilhelm Busch with his picture sories.<\/p>\n

The failure of becoming a serious artist was something that bothered him until his death in Mechtshausen on January 9th 1908. He stopped working long before that, because based on using eyeglasses and having a shaky hand, he was feeling old.<\/p>\n

Some vocabulary to this post:<\/em><\/strong>
\n bekannt \u2013 famous<\/em>
\n der Dichter \u2013 poet<\/em>
\n der Zeichner – drawer<\/em>
\n die Bildergeschichte \u2013 picture story<\/em>
\n der Pinoier \u2013 pioneer<\/em>
\n das Werk \u2013 creation<\/em>
\n der Sprachgebrauch \u2013 linguistic usage<\/em>
\n der Spie\u00dfb\u00fcrger \u2013 philistine<\/em>
\n die Zur\u00fcckgezogenheit –\u00a0 reclusiveness<\/em>
\n die Abh\u00e4ngigkeit \u2013 dependency<\/em>
\n die Prosa \u2013 prose<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Today I want to introduce another German character to you. This one is for sure not as bekannt (famous) as Albert Einstein for example. But anyway he made his contribution to German poetry, humor and language. Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch was born on April 15th 1832 in Widensahl. He was one of the most influentual…<\/p>\n

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