Gerhard Haderer
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Gerhard Haderer is an Austrian cartoonist and caricaturist.
Honours
is portrayed as an incense
-addicted hippy, caused international controversy. When it was published in 2002 it was violently attacked in Austria. The Catholic Church in Austria including the Archbishop of Vienna denounced the work as blasphemous. The Bishop of Salzburg demanded a jail term for the caricaturist for violating the blasphemy paragraph in the Austrian penal code, and Catholic schools in Austria boycotted the publishing house. When it was published in Greece in 2005, it was banned for blasphemy
, Haderer faced extradition and a suspended six-month jail
sentence in absentia. When the ban and sentence were reversed on appeal, Haderer celebrated the ruling with a Greek salad and two shots of ouzo.
In 2006 Haderer called the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's cartoons of Mohammed "a stupidity". He said Islamic tradition opposes any pictorial depiction of the Prophet. "Given that I am not Muslim, and that I cannot comprehend the fervor associated with that religion, I have to accept its taboos".
Biography
Gerhard Haderer was born in 1951 in Leonding, in upper Austria. He studied at a technical art school in Linz for four years from 1965, and then studied engraving in Stockholm. He returned to Austria in 1971 and worked as an independent commercial artist and draughtsman. He developed his photo-realistic style working on advertising, illustrations, and even designing maps for the Salzburg tourist board. In 1985, after a cancer operation, he abandoned his commercial career to become a freelance caricaturist and satirical illustrator. His first satirical works appeared in the upper-Austrian magazines "Watzmann", "ORF-Ventil" and "Oberösterreichische Nachrichten". He soon began to appear regularly in the Austrian weekly “Profil" to which he still contributes. His work then began to appear in newspapers and magazines in other German speaking countries. Since 1991 his work has appeared regularly in Germany’s "Stern" magazine as “Haderers Wochenschau” ("Haderers weekly news"). From 1997 to 2000, and from 2008 he published his own monthly satirical comics magazine called "Moff". He has produced designs for several satirical puppet shows. He married his wife Margit in 1974. He has lived and worked in Linz since 1985.Honours
- 2001: Deutscher Karikaturenpreis, Geflügelter Bleistift in Gold (German caricature prize, winged pencil in gold)
- 2008: Goldenes Verdienstzeichen des Landes Wien (Golden Merit of Vienna)
Religious Controversy
His book Das Leben des Jesus (The Life of Jesus), a satire in which JesusJesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
is portrayed as an incense
Incense
Incense is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term "incense" refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. It is used in religious ceremonies, ritual purification, aromatherapy, meditation, for creating a mood, and for...
-addicted hippy, caused international controversy. When it was published in 2002 it was violently attacked in Austria. The Catholic Church in Austria including the Archbishop of Vienna denounced the work as blasphemous. The Bishop of Salzburg demanded a jail term for the caricaturist for violating the blasphemy paragraph in the Austrian penal code, and Catholic schools in Austria boycotted the publishing house. When it was published in Greece in 2005, it was banned for blasphemy
Blasphemy
Blasphemy is irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things. Some countries have laws to punish blasphemy, while others have laws to give recourse to those who are offended by blasphemy...
, Haderer faced extradition and a suspended six-month jail
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
sentence in absentia. When the ban and sentence were reversed on appeal, Haderer celebrated the ruling with a Greek salad and two shots of ouzo.
In 2006 Haderer called the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's cartoons of Mohammed "a stupidity". He said Islamic tradition opposes any pictorial depiction of the Prophet. "Given that I am not Muslim, and that I cannot comprehend the fervor associated with that religion, I have to accept its taboos".
Books
- Sehr verehrte Österreicher (1987) ISBN 3-7015-0108-4
- Vorsicht, Aloisia (1989) ISBN 3-7015-0188-2
- Das große Buch vom kleinen Oliver (1991) ISBN 3-85463-109-X
- Haderers Wochenschau (1993) ISBN 3-570-19003-X
- Vorsicht, Haderer! (1994) ISBN 3-7757-0489-2
- Think positive - Die besten Cartoons aus 10 Jahren (1996) ISBN 3-8000-3751-3
- Die letzte Märchenprinzessin (1997) with texts by Elisabeth Menasse, Eva MenasseEva MenasseEva Menasse is an Austrian author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature. Menasse had a successful career as a journalist, writing for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt and as a correspondent from Prague and Berlin...
and Robert MenasseRobert MenasseRobert Menasse is an Austrian writer.As an undergraduate, Menasse studied in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina. In 1980 he completed his PhD thesis "Der Typus des Außenseiters im Literaturbetrieb...
ISBN 3-458-40950-6 - Jörgi, der Drachentöter (2000) ISBN 3-8000-3792-0
- Die ersten zehn 10 Jahre im Stern (2001) ISBN 3-83033024-3
- Das Leben des Jesus (2002) ISBN 3-8000-3863-3
- Die glorreichen Drei (2003) ISBN 3-8000-7007-3
- Von Hunderln und Menschen (2003) ISBN 3-8000-3912-5
- Alles Liebe (2005) ISBN 3-8000-7100-2
- Alles Essen (2005) ISBN 3-8000-7099-5
- Danke gut (2005) ISBN 3-8000-7104-5
- Apropos Fußball (2006) ISBN 3-8000-7198-3