Screen Print reproduction
Size A2 (42 x 60)
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Helmut Qualtinger (1928-1986) was a Viennesse actor, writer, reciter and cabaret performer.
Qualtinger was also known for his, sometimes crude, practical jokes. In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers, a so-called canard (germ. "Zeitungsente"), announcing the visit of a (fictional) famous Inuit poet named Kobuk (author of "The Burning Igloo") to Vienna. Reporters who assembled at the railway station however were to witness the "Inuit poet", in fur coat and cap, stepping from the train. Asked about his "first impressions of Vienna", Qualtinger commented in broad Viennese dialect, "Haaß is's do (It's hot here)!"
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