Karl Valentin (* 4th June, 1882 in Munich; + 9th February, 1948 in Planegg near Munich); actually Valentin Ludwig Fey, was a Bavarian comedian, author and film producer, who had great influence on German culture. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... The Bavarians are a German people from Bavaria, Germany. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...

The humor of his sketches and pieces lies somewhere between Dadaism and Expression and is mostly also a kind of linguistic art. Great critic Alfred Kerr praised him as a "Wortzerklauberer", a revealing linguistic anarchist; Bertolt Brecht, himself a former member of Valentin's ensemble, once said, it was Karl Valentin who tought him, how to write pieces. Also younger artists from moviemaker Herbert Achternbusch to Christoph Schlingensief ("Valentin is one of the greatest for me!") trace their artistic roots back to the great Munich artist. A critic (from Greek κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns, from Ancient Greek κριτής, krités, a judge) is a person who offers judgement or analysis, value judgement, interpretation, or observation. ... Alfred Kerr (25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948) was an influential German-Jewish theatre critic and essayist, nicknamed Kulturpapst (culture Pope) . He was born Alfred Kempner into a prosperous family in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland), taking the surname Kerr in 1887, and making the change officially in 1909. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Christoph Schlingensief (born October 24, 1960 in Oberhausen) is a German film director, theatre director, actor, author, artist, and talkshow host. ...

External links

• Karl Valentin Museum in Isartor, Munich

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