Satire – Gisela Elsner: Better torn than wise

“At the risk of being deferred against a not only different, but excessively honored, the rapporteur of this sheet, whose limited edition seems to allow himself more truthfulness than that of the great daily newspapers, decided, after a detailed report, not to prevent a detailed report on everywhere.” This words were not written by me, the rapporteur of a sheet, whose limited edition actually seems to allow more truthfulness than that of the big daily newspapers, but by Gisela Elsner himself. It is the beginning of a obituary she wrote, written by one who was ready to make up her own funeral at the age of 33. She titled the story as “the resurrection of the Gisela Elsner”.

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In 1970, two decades before her real death, which was a suicide, she writes: »It is said that the dead are said so beautifully. However, because this is a dead person who was nothing but on hustle and bustle from the outset, the rapporteur considers a hint of the details to be inappropriate. While some of our poets, who had to tell us valuable things, falls into dust in silence and modesty under his simple stone, Gisela Elsner preferred to make a fuss. Not only her texts, no: she also did not shy away from concessions regarding her death shirt. … The also open mouth, on the upper lip of which a thick horny layer had formed – with his help, Gisela Elsner, since her cramped fingers no longer allowed to take a pen or operate the keyboard of her typewriter, in her last years of life, its increasingly watered down in writing – the also open mouth was obviously in the displeasure Intention of letting the expression appear malicious. In fact, the face had assumed an expression, which was surprisingly surprised at surprise, which it will now be kept or evil until decay. … with the best will in the world, it cannot be described if someone grabs the last opportunity to score to offer a public annoyance, but only as torn. It is said that it is so nice to let the dead rest. But this dead man still uses an elbow technology in the cemetery that threatens to displace the bones of the all around in peace. … If you don’t want to shed tears, Gisela Elsner is said to have said, at least should sweat. “

It is definitely the elbow technology with which Elsner’s satires still disturb the peace of bad conditions-and also the Elsner Society, which accompanies its fictional funeral, has become a reality. I am of course a member. Enter!