21110 Karlvalentin | Discovered 1992 Sept. 4 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg. |
A Bavarian comedian, writer and film actor, Karl Valentin (Valentin Ludwig Fey, 1882-1948) had great success as a cabaret artist with his partner Liesl Karlstadt. He showed the universal powerlessness of the individual in comic sketches of abstract, absurd logic. The name was suggested by the first discoverer. |
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