Grób Manfreda Bofingera

Manfred Bofinger (born October 5, 1941 in Berlin; † January 8, 2006 there) was a German graphic artist, caricaturist and cartoonist. He was one of the most important graphic artists in the GDR.Manfred Bofinger comes from a humble background in Berlin-Mitte. His father was a poster painter, his mother a saleswoman. After completing school in the Gray Monastery high school, he completed a two-year training course as a typesetter after graduating from high school in 1959. From 1961 until 1968 he worked as a typographer for the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel. Having come to caricature as an autodidact, he has since worked as a freelance graphic artist, cartoonist and book illustrator, continuing to work for Eulenspiegel and regularly for the children's magazine Frösi. He illustrated over 300 books and created picture stories himself, including many for children. He signed his drawings with Bofi.From 1963 to 1989 Bofinger was a member of the SED, 1972 to 1989 a member of the Association of Journalists of the GDR (VDJ) and 1974 to 1990 of the Association of Visual Artists (VBK). In 1981 he was awarded the GDR Art Prize.After a brain hemorrhage on December 29, 2004, he was in a vegetative state despite surgery and rehabilitation before he died on January 8, 2006 at the age of 64. Manfred Bofinger lived in Berlin, Alt-Treptow, until his death. He left his wife Gabriele and four children. His grave is in the Stralau cemetery.The tombstone with the marble sculpture of a reading girl was designed by the Berlin stone sculptor Matthias Heinz. On the back there is a quote from Joachim Ringelnatz:“Put yourself in your hands // then the shimmering Berlin foams // around your solemn walls. Your ship will move into the distance. "Source: Wikipedia

Very nicely designed tombstone. The text by Joachim Ringelnatz is the last stanza from the poem "Müde in Berlin". (see photo)