F. W. Bernstein

F. W. Bernstein
Bernstein in 2005
Born	Fritz Weigle (1938-03-04)4 March 1938 Göppingen, Germany
Died	20 December 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 80) Berlin, Germany
Alma mater	Stuttgarter Kunstakademie Berlin Academy of the Arts Free University of Berlin
Occupations	Poet cartoonist satirist academic
Organizations	pardon Berlin Academy of the Arts Neue Frankfurter Schule
Spouse	Sabine Weigle
Awards	Kassel Literary Prize Wilhelm Busch Prize

F. W. Bernstein (born Fritz Weigle; 4 March 1938 – 20 December 2018) was a German poet, cartoonist, satirist, and academic. He worked for the satirical biweekly pardon. After teaching at schools, he was professor of caricature and comics at the Berlin Academy of the Arts from 1984 to 1999. He was one of the founding members of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, which published the satirical magazine Titanic.