Overview

• His son, Stefan Gomringer, confirmed that he died Thursday in his adopted home of Bamberg at the age of 100.
• He was recognized as a leading force of concrete poetry, a practice shaped by the Zürcher Schule der Konkreten.
• Signature works include “avenidas” from his 1953 debut and “Schweigen” from the 1960 collection “33 konstellationen.”
• “avenidas” became the focus of a sexism debate after its inscription on a Berlin university façade was overpainted, prompting protest reproductions in Berlin and Rehau.
• His career included work with Max Bill and posts at Ulm, Rosenthal, and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf; his collections are housed in museums in Ingolstadt and Rehau, and he published the 2020 verse autobiography “welt im sonett.”