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Norbert Gstrein
Norbert Gstrein (born 1961) is an Austrian writer. He was born in Mils in Tyrol, the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935). He grews up with his five siblings in and attended the secondary school from 1971 to 1979 in Imst. From 1979 to 1984, Gstrein studied mathematics in Innsbruck, Stanford and Erlangen. He not completed his PhD (no defense of his thesis ''Zur Logik der Fragen'') in 1988 at the University of Innsbruck, under the supervision of Roman Liedl and Gerhard Frey. Gstrein is the author of more than a dozen books, including ''Winters in the South'', translated into English by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans, and ''A Sense of the Beginning'', translated by Julian Evans. Gstrein's novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His early books were all based in his native Tyrol. Among his numerous awards are the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Uwe Johnson Prize. Gstrein lives as a fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Gstrein - Buchmesse Wien 2019
Norbert is a Germanic given name, from '' nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941), Swiss mathematician * Norbert Berkowitz (1924–2001), Canadian scientist * Norbert Bischofberger (born 1954), Austrian scientist * Norbert Bolz (born 1953), German philosopher * Norbert Elias (1897–1990), German Jewish sociologist * Norbert Fuhr (born 1956), German computer scientist * Norbert Geng (born 1965), German legal scholar * Norbert Guterman (1900–1984), American translator * Norbert von Hellingrath (1888-1916), German literary scholar * Norbert Hirschhorn (born 1938), American physician * Norbert Hornstein, American linguist * Norbert Jokl (1877–1942?), Austrian Jewish linguist * Norbert Klatt (born 1949), German religious scholar * Norbert Leser (1933–2014), Austrian political scientist * Norbert Lynton (1927–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Döblin Prize
The Alfred Döblin Prize (german: Alfred-Döblin-Preis) is a German literary award. Named after Alfred Döblin, it was endowed by Günter Grass in 1979. The prize is awarded every two years jointly by the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the Literary Colloquium Berlin for substantial unpublished literary works in progress. The current prize level on offer is 15,000 Euros. It is a requirement of the award that finalists take part in a reading competition: nominees are invited to the Literary Colloquium Berlin where they read out their texts and open them to discussion. Since 2007, selected authors' presentations have been recorded and made available on the German literary portal Literaturport. The prize winner is nominated by the jury directly after the reading; the awards ceremony then takes place traditionally the following day at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Winners *1979: Gerold Späth *1980: Klaus Hoffer *1981: Gert Hofmann *1983: Gerhard Roth *1985: Stefan Schütz *1987: L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Male Writers
Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the country Austria, for example: ** Austria-Hungary ** Austrian Airlines (AUA) ** Austrian cuisine ** Austrian Empire ** Austrian monarchy ** Austrian German (language/dialects) ** Austrian literature ** Austrian nationality law ** Austrian Service Abroad ** Music of Austria ** Austrian School of Economics * Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought * The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess opening. See also * * * Austria (other) * Australian (other) * L'Autrichienne (other) is the feminine form of the French word , meaning "The Austrian". It may refer to: *A derogatory nickname for Queen Marie Antoinette of France *L'Autrichienne (film), ''L'Autrichienne'' (film), a 1990 French film on Marie Antoinette wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburger Abendblatt
The ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' (English: ''Hamburg Evening Newspaper'') is a German daily newspaper in Hamburg. The paper focuses on news in Hamburg and area, and produces regional supplements with news from Norderstedt, Ahrensburg, Harburg, and Pinneberg. Politically the paper is mildly conservative, but usually pro-government, including during SPD administrations. History and profile Four previous Hamburg newspapers had the word ''Abendblatt'' ("Evening Newspaper") in their title, including one named the ''Hamburger Abendblatt'', founded on 2 May 1820. This incarnation of the ''Hamburger Abendblatt'', however, was first published after World War II beginning on 14 October 1948 with an initial edition of 60,000 copies. The paper received a publishing license from the Hamburg Senate and Mayor Max Brauer, making it the first daily paper of post-war Germany to receive a license from German rather than Allied occupation authorities. After about six months of operation, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mann Prize
Thomas Mann Prize (''German'': Thomas-Mann-Preis) is a literary prize of Germany. In full the title is "Thomas Mann Prize of the city of Lübeck and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts". It is given in alternate years in Lübeck and in Munich. The award is the product of a merger of two prizes in 2010, the Thomas Mann Preis der Hansestadt Lübeck (Thomas Mann Prize Lübeck) and the Großer Literaturpreis (Great Literature Prize) of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. The Thomas Mann Prize Lübeck was first awarded in 1975; the Great Literature Prize was first awarded in 1950. The prize money is €25,000. Recipients * 2010: Christa Wolf * 2011: Jan Assmann * 2012: Thomas Hürlimann * 2013: Juli Zeh * 2014: Rüdiger Safranski * 2015: Lars Gustafsson * 2016: Jenny Erpenbeck * 2017: Brigitte Kronauer * 2018: Mircea Cărtărescu * 2019: Claudio Magris * 2020: Nora Bossong * 2021: Norbert Gstrein * 2022: Jonathan Franzen Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Wildgans Prize
The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian citizenship. The award is dedicated to Anton Wildgans who, "like few others, embodied Austrian values in their best sense." Recipients :1962: Fritz Hochwälder :1963: Fritz Habeck :1964: Christine Lavant :1965: Andreas Okopenko :1966: Herbert Zand :1967: Thomas Bernhard :1968: Ilse Aichinger :1969: Herbert Eisenreich :1970: Peter Marginter :1971: Ingeborg Bachmann :1972: Milo Dor :1973: Barbara Frischmuth :1974: Ernst Hinterberger :1975: Christine Busta :1976: György Sebestyen :1977: Peter Henisch :1978: Wolfgang Kraus (author) :1979: Matthias Mander :1980: Josef Winkler :1981: Friederike Mayröcker :1982: Ernst Jandl :1983: Jutta Schutting :1984: Peter Handke (rejected) :1985: Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner :1986: Kurt Klinger :1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Nabl Prize
The Franz Nabl Prize is an biennial Austrian literature award. The prize was first awarded in 1975 by the city of Graz. The prize money is €14,500 (since 2019: €15,000). It is awarded as part of a jury meeting in cooperation with the at the Karl Franzens University of Graz. Recipients * 1975 Elias Canetti * 1977 Manès Sperber * 1979 Ilse Aichinger * 1981 Hermann Lenz * 1983 Christa Wolf * 1985 Peter Handke (Prize passed on to Michael Donhauser and Walter Grond) * 1987 Wolfgang Koeppen * 1989 H.C. Artmann * 1991 Wilhelm Muster * 1993 Martin Walser * 1995 Christoph Ransmayr * 1997 Herta Müller * 1999 Barbara Frischmuth * 2001 Urs Widmer * 2003 Norbert Gstrein * 2005 Josef Winkler * 2007 Terézia Mora * 2009 Alfred Kolleritsch * 2011 Angela Krauß * 2013 Florjan Lipuš * 2015 Marlene Streeruwitz * 2017 Dževad Karahasan * 2019 Olga Flor * 2021 Kathrin Röggla Kathrin Röggla (born 1971) is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in Salzburg, and live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literaturpreis Der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a literary prize of Germany. The prize money is €20,000 and the prize ceremony takes place in Weimar. The first winner was Sarah Kirsch. The prize is awarded "to authors who give freedom their word". The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has been awarding the prize since 1993. Recipients * 1993 Sarah Kirsch * 1994 Walter Kempowski * 1995 Hilde Domin * 1996 Günter de Bruyn * 1997 Thomas Hürlimann * 1998 * 1999 Burkhard Spinnen * 2000 Louis Begley * 2001 Norbert Gstrein * 2002 Adam Zagajewski * 2003 Patrick Roth * 2004 Herta Müller * 2005 Wulf Kirsten * 2006 Daniel Kehlmann * 2007 Petra Morsbach * 2008 Ralf Rothmann * 2009 Uwe Tellkamp * 2010 Cees Nooteboom * 2011 Arno Geiger * 2012 * 2013 Martin Mosebach * 2014 Rüdiger Safranski * 2015 Marica Bodrožić * 2016 Michael Kleeberg * 2017 Michael Köhlmeier * 2018 Mathias Énard * 2019 * 2020 * 2021 ''not awarded'' * 2022 Barbara Honigmann * 2023 Lutz Seiler Lutz Seiler (born 8 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauris Literature Prize
The Rauris Literature Prize () is an annual Austrian literary award since 1972 by the Salzburg state government. The prize money is €10,000. It is awarded "for the best prose first publication by a German-speaking author from the previous year". The prize is presented at the opening of the Rauris Literature Days. Recipients * 1972 Bodo Hell pp * 1973 Gerhard Amanshauser and Peter Rosei * 1974 Karin Struck * 1975 Franz Innerhofer * 1976 Peter Henisch (Special prize, no debut) * 1977 Hans Joachim Schädlich * 1978 Claudia Storz * 1979 Werner Herzog * 1980 Klaus Hoffer * 1981 ''not awarded'' * 1982 Thomas Hürlimann * 1983 Michael Köhlmeier and Martin R. Dean * 1984 Erwin Einzinger and Alain Claude Sulzer * 1985 Herta Müller and Helen Meier * 1986 Christa Moog and Eva Schmidt * 1987 Gisela Corleis * 1988 Werner Fritsch * 1989 Norbert Gstrein * 1990 Thomas Hettche * 1991 Judith Kuckart * 1992 Patrick Roth and Sabine Scholl * 1993 Ruth Klüger * 1994 Thomas Lehr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Johnson Prize
The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994. It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe Johnson". Alternating the main prize for a work and the Förderpreis (promotional prize) for the best debut is awarded by the Mecklenburg Literature Society, the Nordkurier (1994–2016), the Berlin law firm Gentz und Partner (since 2012) and the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands (since 2017). The prize is endowed with €20,000 (Förderpreis: €5,000). Recipients * 1994: Kurt Drawert ''Spiegelland. Ein deutscher Monolog'' * 1995: Walter Kempowski for ''Das Echolot'' * 1997: Marcel Beyer for ''Flughunde'' * 1999: Gert Neumann for ''Anschlag'' * 2003: Norbert Gstrein for ''Das Handwerk des Tötens'' * 2005: Arno Orzessek for ''Schattauers Tochter'' (Förderpreis) * 2006: for ''Späte Reise'' * 2007: Emma Braslavsky for ''Aus dem Sinn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Evans (writer)
Julian Evans (born 1955) is an Australian writer and presenter. In 1990 he left his office job to become a writer and spent six months travelling among the islands of the south Pacific Ocean. In 1992 he published ''Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific'', which met with enthusiastic critical acclaim. This launched him on a career as a writer of books, travel articles, essays, and radio and television documentaries on literary subjects. He is also a translator and a reviewer for a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement and Prospect. His most recent full-length book was ''Semi-Invisible Man: the Life of Norman Lewis'' (2008), which was reviewed favourably; Evans was an appropriate biographer for the great writer and adventurer, as Norman Lewis had once described Evans's first book, ''Transit of Venus'', as "far and away the best book about the Pacific of our times." Works *''Semi-Invisible Man: the Life of Norman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
