Heinz Gerstinger (born October 13, 1919 in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

; died April 28, 2016) was an Austrian writer, playwright and historian.

Biography

Heinz Gerstinger studied history and dramatics at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. He has worked for the universities of Graz and Vienna as well as for theaters in

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

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and Vienna. While publishing in literary magazines and newspapers, he worked for the Austrian radio and television. Heinz Gerstinger was a member of the Austrian P.E.N. and the writers' association Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband.

Works

Movie

* As an actor: Bernhard Wicki (director): ' following the book by Joseph RothCineman
Bernhard Wicki: Das falsche Gewicht, FRG 1971

Literature

* '' Calderón'', Velber Hannover, Friedrich 1967 * ''Spanische Komödie –

Lope de Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist who was a key figure in the Spanish Golden Age (1492–1659) of Spanish Baroque literature, Baroque literature. In the literature of ...

und seine Zeitgenossen'', Friedrich Velber Verlag, Hannover 1968 * ''Theater und Religion heute'', 1972 * ''Der Dramatiker Anton Wildgans'', 1981 * ''Österreich, holdes Märchen und böser Traum –

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...

s Ehe mit Frida Uhl'', Herold, Vienna 1981 * ''Der Dramatiker Hans Krendlesberger'', Wagner, Innsbruck 1981 * ''Wien von gestern – ein literarischer Streifzug durch die Kaiserstadt'', Edition Wien, Vienna 1991, * ''Frau Venus reitet... – Die phantastische Geschichte des Ulrich von Lichtenstein'', 1995 * ''Ausflugsziel Burgen – 30 Burgen rund um Wien'', Pichler, Vienna 1998, * ''Altwiener literarische Salons – Wiener Salonkultur vom Rokoko bis zur Neoromantik (1777–1907)'', Akademische Verlagsanstalt Salzburg 2002, * ''Der heilige Dämon – Gregor VII'', Faksimile Verlag, Graz/Salzburg,

Notes

External links

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Critical review on ''Ausflugsziel Burgen''
in German {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerstinger, Heinz Austrian male writers Writers from Vienna 1919 births 2016 deaths