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Dieter Roth

1930 Born in Hannover, Germany
1943 Moved permanently to Zurich, Switzerland were he started painting and writing poetry
1947 Moved to bern, Switzerland with his family where he began an apprenticeship in commercial art
1957 Moved to Reykjavik, Iceland
1960 Won the William and Norma Copley Award
1970 Taught at the School of Graphic Design, Providence, RI
1991 Awarded the Genevan Prix Caran d’Ache Beaux Arts, Switzerland
1998 Deceased in Basel, Switzerland