Franz Schuh (born 15 March 1947) is an Austrian novelist, literary critic and, above all,

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in the tradition of Karl Kraus and

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. Schuh was born, and lives, in

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, where, just like his predecessors, he prefers to write in one of the traditional

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Life

Franz Schuh studied

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, history and

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in Vienna and graduated with his doctorate. 1976-80 he was Secretary General of the

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, then editor of "Wespennest" (wasp nest) and head of the essayist and literary program of the publisher Deuticke. He works as a freelancer for various broadcasters and national newspapers and as a lecturer at the

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. He was also a guest at the "Literaturhaus Wien" (House of Literature in Vienna). Since June 2009 he writes the column "Crime & Punishment" in the magazine

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and talks a lot on the public radio program

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among other things, in his "Magazine of happiness".oel.orf.at
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Select bibliography

* ''Liebe, Macht und Heiterkeit'' (

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) * ''Landnahme. Der österreichische Roman nach 1980'' (1989) * ''Schreibkräfte. Über Literatur, Glück und Unglück'' (

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) * ''Der Stadtrat. Eine Idylle'' (

) * ''Schwere Vorwürfe, schmutzige Wäsche'' (''Heavy Reproaches, Dirty Linen'') (

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). Schuh also edited the Peter-Henisch-Reader ''Figurenwerfen'' (

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Awards

* 1986: Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism * 1987: City of Vienna Award for Journalism (Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik) * 2000: Jean Améry Prize * 2006:

, category "Sachbuch/Essayistik", for ''Schwere Vorwürfe, schmutzige Wäsche'' * 2006: Davos Swiss Media Award for outstanding achievement in journalism * 2009: Essay Prize ''Tractatus'', Philosophicum Lech * 2022:

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University of Klagenfurt The University of Klagenfurt (german: Universität Klagenfurt or ''Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt'', AAU) is a federal Austrian research university and the largest research and higher education institution in the state of Carinthia. It has it ...

References

External links

Biography
in the ''

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Biography
from the

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web site (in German)
Leipzig Book Fair Prizes 2006
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