Norbert Gstrein (born 1961) is an

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writer. He was born in Mils in

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, 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

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. From 1979 to 1984, Gstrein studied mathematics in Innsbruck,

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and Erlangen. He not completed his PhD (no defense of his thesis ''Zur Logik der Fragen'') in 1988 at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

, under the supervision of Roman Liedl and

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. Gstrein is the author of more than a dozen books, including ''Winters in the South'', translated into English by

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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 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 C ...

and the

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 John ...

. Gstrein lives as a freelance writer in Hamburg.

Awards

* 1989

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". ...

* 1999

* 2001

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 ...

* 2003

* 2004

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 ...

* 2013 Anton Wildgans Prize * 2021

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 ...

Works

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English translations

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Polish translations

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References

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