On the back cover, it is stated that he was born in 1941. Filmmaker (about 100 films for German TV), co-founder of Visual Poetry in Germany (since 1970 intern. Exhibitions & publications). Dencker did in 1972 the first TV-film (ARD/HR) and the first German anthology (Textbilder-Visuelle Poesie international. Cologne) about Visual Poetry. Dencker-Archive at the Art-Library Berlin (about 700 works & 500 books). Dencker-monograph with biography, bibliography & works: Klaus Peter Dencker, Visuelle Poesie 1965-2005. Weitra(A) 2006. Monograph about Visual Poetry: Klaus Peter Dencker, Optical Poetry. From early pictorial inscriptions to present day digital experiments. Berlin/New York, Oktober 2010. His works are in many international museums. Art-Prizes: 1972 (Erlangen), 1982 (Berlin) a. o. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.