Ulrich Becher

Becher was born in Berlin, where, after attending the Wickersdorf Free School Community, he studied law.

During his school years he had already made the acquaintance of George Grosz, who had taken on the talented youth as his only pupil.

In 1932, his novella series Männer machen Fehler ("Men Make Mistakes") was published by Rowohlt Verlag.

At last, Becher was granted permission to enter the country and settled in New York City near his parents and parents-in-law.

In 1954 he settled in Basel, and in 1976 he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Swiss Schiller Foundation.