{"id":24671,"date":"2017-01-24T09:21:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T14:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=24671"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:01:33","slug":"carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Carl Weissner: Master Writer,  Cherished Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>A great one died five years ago today.<\/center><center><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2013\/01\/carl-weissner-cherished-by-friends-and-colleagues.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/cw-memorial-560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" data-orig-size=\"560,195\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 &amp;#8211; Jan. 24, 2012)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560-300x104.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19713\" title=\"Carl Weissner (June 19, 1940 - Jan. 24, 2012)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560.png 560w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CW-MEMORIAL-560-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2117\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/carl-weissner-in-books-and-pamphlets\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" data-attachment-id=\"2117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;The Braille Film&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [Nova Broadcast Press, 1970]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nova Broadcast Press, San Francisco, 1970&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272-193x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2117\" title=\"'The Braille Film' by Carl Weissner [Nova Broadcast Press, 1970]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-braille-film-thumb-280x433-21272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nova Broadcast<br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\">San Francisco, 1970<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2121\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/05\/2167.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2121\" data-attachment-id=\"2121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/1-death-in-paris-thumb-280x424-21274\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Death in Paris&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner [realitystudio.org, 2007]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;realitystudio.org, 2007&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274-198x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2121\" title=\"'Death in Paris' by Carl Weissner [realitystudio.org, 2007; doll no mori, 2012]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1-Death-in-Paris-thumb-280x424-21274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doll No Mori<br \/>2012<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2105\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=exquisite_corpse&amp;show_details=154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2105\" data-attachment-id=\"2105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2012\/01\/carl-weissner-in-memoriam.html\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"280,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Die Abenteuer von Trashman&amp;#8217; (The Adventures of Trashman) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2011]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milena Verlag, Vienna, 2011&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237-210x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2105\" title=\"'Die Abenteuer von Trashman' (The Adventures of Trashman) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2011]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/trashman-thumb-280x400-21237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Milena Verlag<br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Vienna, 2011<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_19729\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milena-verlag.at\/index.php?item=beastie_books&amp;show_details=173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19729\" data-attachment-id=\"19729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend.html\/eine-andere-front-cover-140\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"140,224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;) by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Eine Andere Liga&amp;#8217;&lt;br \/&gt; (&amp;#8216;A Different League&amp;#8217;)&lt;br \/&gt;Milena Verlag, 2013)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19729\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eine-Andere-front-cover-140.jpg\" alt=\"'Eine Andere Liga' ('A Different League') by Carl Weissner [Milena Verlag, 2013]\" width=\"140\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milena Verlag<br \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Vienna, 2013<\/span><\/p><\/div>Carl was also a \u201clittle magazine\u201d editor, a radio playwright, German translator of <a href=\"http:\/\/realitystudio.org\/publications\/death-in-paris\/bibliography-of-carl-weissner-translations\/\">more than 100 books<\/a> (but principally of Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs, Nelson Algren and J.G. Ballard, also of Frank Zappa and Allen Ginsberg), and a literary agent who spread the work of dissident writers even further.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-1.jpg\">Manuscript page<\/a> of Carl&#8217;s &#8220;The Marseille Stories&#8221;:<\/center><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24676\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24676\" data-attachment-id=\"24676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2017\/01\/carl-weissner-master-writer-cherished-friend-2.html\/1enh-the-marseilles-stories-handwritten560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-e1485266345331.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"360,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD750&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1318719857&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Manuscript of &amp;#8216;The Marseille Stories&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Click to enlarge manuscript page of &amp;#8216;The Marseille Stories&amp;#8217; by Carl Weissner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-e1485266345331.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-e1485266345331.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24676\" title=\"Click to enlarge manuscript of 'The Marseille Stories' by Carl Weissner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-e1485266345331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1enh-The-Marseilles-Stories-handwritten560-1.jpg\">Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great one died five years ago today. Carl was also a \u201clittle magazine\u201d editor, a radio playwright, German translator of more than 100 books (but principally of Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs, Nelson Algren and J.G. Ballard, also of Frank Zappa and Allen Ginsberg), and a literary agent who spread the work of dissident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-literature","7":"category-main","8":"category-political-culture","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-6pV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24671"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58286,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671\/revisions\/58286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}