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Ernst Jandl Prize
The Ernst Jandl Prize is a literary award established by the Austrian Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in memory of the poet Ernst Jandl. The international poetry prize for German-speaking writers is awarded every two years and presented during the Poetry Days in Neuberg an der Mürz. The award is endowed with 15,000 euros. Recipients * 2001: Thomas Kling * 2003: * 2005: * 2007: Paul Wühr * 2009: * 2011: Peter Waterhouse * 2013: Elke Erb * 2015: Franz Josef Czernin * 2017: Monika Rinck * 2019: Oswald Egger * 2021: * 2023: Anja Utler * 2025: Ulf Stolterfoht Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a German writer. Life and work Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied German and Linguistics in Bochum und Tübingen. St ... References External links * {{official, https://www.bmkoes.gv.at/kunst-und-kultur/preise/preise-literatur/ernst-jandl-preis-fuer-lyrik.htm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Arts, Culture, The Civil Service And Sport (Austria)
The Ministry of the Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (German: ''Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport'' or ''BMKÖDS'') is the government ministry of Austria in charge of the arts and sport as well as public administration and personnel questions that do not fall within the jurisdiction of another ministry. It bears responsibility for the management of museums and theatres, the maintenance of landmarks and historical sites, and the promotion of Austrian cinema. History Even though the Republic of Austria has always had a large public sector and a considerable number of career civil servants, the country does not usually maintain a dedicated civil service ministry. Traditionally, the interest of Austria's civil servants (''Beamte'') were protected by their strong union (the ''Beamtengewerkschaft'') and by the fact that civil servants were overrepresented among the upper ranks of every major political party. Public employment policy was se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Jandl
Ernst Jandl (; 1 August 1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator. He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems (''Sprechgedichte'') in the tradition of concrete and visual poetic forms. Poetry Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal ''Neue Wege'' ("New Ways") in 1952. He was the life partner of Friederike Mayröcker. In 1973 he co-founded the Grazer Autorenversammlung in Graz, became its vice president in 1975 and was its president from 1983 to 1987. His poems are characterized by German language word play, often at the level of single characters or phonemes. For example, his famous univocalic poem " ottos mops" (in English, "otto's pug") uses only the vowel "o". Of course, poems like this cannot easily be translated into other languages. Most of his poems are better heard than read. His lectures were always known as very impressive events, because of the particular way he pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuberg An Der Mürz
Neuberg an der Mürz is a municipality in the district of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag in the Austrian state of Styria. Geography Neuberg lies in the upper valley of the Mürz at the foot of the Schneealpe northwest of Mürzzuschlag. History Otto, Duke of Austria founded Neuberg Abbey in 1327. The Treaty of Neuberg was signed there in 1379. The abbey was the center of settlement in the Mürz Valley. The abbey was suppressed in 1786 by Emperor Joseph II, and its church became the parish church of Neuberg. Following the suppression of the abbey, iron mining began, eventually becoming the dominant industry in the area. After the hunting privileges of the Habsburg family to the Vienna Woods were rolled back in 1848, the abbey became an imperial hunting lodge, hosting notable guests. The Upper Styrian coal and steel industry collapsed following the end of the Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salzburger Nachrichten
The ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' is a German-language daily newspaper published in Salzburg, Austria. It has been in circulation since 1945. History and profile ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' was established in 1945 by the American forces occupying Austria following World War II. The first issue appeared on 25 October that year. It remained under the control of the US Information Services Branch for a long time. When the paper became under the Austrian supervision, its early contributors were Viktor Reimann, Ilse Leitenberger and Alfons Dalma who were affiliated with the anti-Fascist groups during World War II. In the post-war period ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' focused on provincial events and news and did not exclusively cover significant events of the period such as the Nuremberg trials, trials of the Nazi figures in Nuremberg. ''Salzburger Nachrichten'' is owned by a family company, Salzburger Nachrichten Verlag. Its publisher is Maximilian Dasch Jr, and its headquarters is in Salzbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kling
Thomas Kling (June 5, 1957 – April 1, 2005) was a German poet. Life Thomas Kling was born in Bingen am Rhein, grew up in Hilden and went to school in Düsseldorf. He studied philology in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Vienna and lived in Finland for a certain period. Since 1983 he presented his poems on public performances – first in Vienna, than in the Rhineland. Later he performed together with the jazz percussionist . Kling lived with his wife Ute Langanky, a painter, on the museum area of Hombroich (a former rocket station) near Neuss. In 2005 he died in Dormagen of lung cancer. He was buried in Neuss-Holzheim. Poetry Thomas Kling was an important poet in contemporary German literature. He was influenced by authors like Friederike Mayröcker, Ernst Jandl, Paul Celan, Hans Carl Artmann and Konrad Bayer. The structure and the layout of his poems were often dominated by the needs of his performances. He was member of the German PEN-centre and of the Deutsche Akademie für S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wühr
Paul Wühr (10 July 1927 – 12 July 2016) was a German experimental author. Wühr lived by Lake Trasimeno in Umbria, Italy and wrote for the publisher Hanser-Verlag. Selected works Novels * '' Gegenmünchen'', 1970 * ''Das falsche Buch'', 1983 * '' Der faule Strick'', 1987 * '' Wenn man mich so reden hört'', 1993 * '' Luftstreiche'', 1994 * '' Was ich noch vergessen habe'', 2002 Poems * '' Grüß Gott ihr Mütter ihr Väter ihr Töchter ihr Söhne'', 1976 * '' Rede'', 1979 * '' Sage'', 1988 * '' Salve Res Publica Poetica'', 1997 * '' Venus im Pudel'', 2000 Radio plays * '' Das Experiment'', 1963 * '' Wer kann mir sagen, wer Sheila ist?'', 1964 * '' Die Rechnung'', 1965 * '' Fensterstürze'', 1968 * '' Preislied'', 1971 * '' Soundseeing Metropolis München'', 1986 * '' Faschang Garaus'', 1988 Textbooks * '' So spricht unsereiner'', 1973 (contains texts for the radio plays '' Preislied'', '' So eine Freiheit'', '' Trip Null'', '' Verirrhaus'') Plays * ''Pyram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Standard
''Der Standard'' () is an Austrian daily newspaper published in Vienna. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Der Standard'' was founded by Oscar Bronner as a financial newspaper and published its first edition on 19 October 1988. German media company Axel Springer SE, Axel Springer acquired a stake in the paper in 1988 and sold it in 1995. Bronner remains the paper's publisher, Gerold Riedmann is editor-in-chief. ''Der Standard'' sees itself as—in a Continental European sense (socially and culturally, but not economically)—Liberalism, liberal and independent. Third parties have described the paper as having a left-liberal stance. Until 2007, the editor-in-chief of the daily was Gerfried Sperl, Alexandra Föderl-Schmid succeeded him in the post. In 2002 the paper was one of four quality daily newspapers with nationwide distribution along with ''Salzburger Nachrichten'', ''Die Presse'', and ''Wiener Zeitung''. Although ''Der Standard'' is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Waterhouse (writer)
Peter Waterhouse (March 24, 1956) is an Austrian writer and translator. Born to a British father and an Austrian mother, he studied German and English literature at the University of Vienna, and later in Los Angeles, where he completed a PhD on Paul Celan. He has won a number of important literary prizes, including the ''manuskripte'' prize (1990), the Heimito von Doderer Prize (1997), the Austrian State Prize for Translation (2002), the H.C. Artmann Prize (2004), and the Erich Fried Prize The Erich Fried Prize () is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the for Literature and Language, based in Vienna. The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 15 ... (2007). He translates poetry into German from both English and Italian. External links Author PageWaterhouse reading a poem Austrian male poets Austrian translators 1956 births Living people English–German translators Italian–Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Erb
Elke Erb (18 February 1938 – 22 January 2024) was a German author-poet based in Berlin. She also worked as a literary editor and translator. Biography Family provenance and early years Elke Erb was born at Scherbach (today part of Rheinbach) in the hills south of Bonn. Her parents had moved there with her uncle Otto and his family in 1937 in order, as her father put it, to "overwinter National Socialism". Ewald Erb (1903–1978), her father, worked at the local tax office, having lost his academic post as a Marxist literary historian at the University of Bonn in 1933 on account of "Communist activities". Her mother Elisabeth worked on the land. Elke was the eldest of her parents' three daughters, all born in Scherbach between 1938 and 1941 when her father was conscripted for military service. Youngest of the three sisters is the author-poet Ute Erb. As a member of the wartime German army Ewald Erb was at one stage charged with a form of sedition (''"Wehrkraftzersetzung"'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Josef Czernin
Franz Josef Czernin (born 7 January 1952, Vienna) is an Austrian writer. He is a member of the Bohemian noble Czernin family. Awards and honors * 1993: Stadtschreiber von Graz * 1997: Literaturpreis der Stadt Wien * 1998: Anton-Wildgans-Preis * 1998: Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis, Sonderpreis für Literarische Essayistik * 2003: Heimrad-Bäcker-Preis * 2004: Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark * 2007: Georg-Trakl-Preis * 2007: Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literaturkritik * 2011: Magus-Preis der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der westfälischen Kulturarbeit * 2012: H. C. Artmann-Preis * 2015: Ernst Jandl Prize The Ernst Jandl Prize is a literary award established by the Austrian Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in memory of the poet Ernst Jandl. The international poetry prize for German-speaking writers is awarded every two years ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Czernin, Franz Josef 1952 births Living people Austrian writers Writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monika Rinck
Monika Rinck (born 29 April 1969) is a German writer. Life and work After graduating from high school, Monika Rinck studied religious studies, history, and comparative literature in Bochum, Berlin and Yale. She writes poetry, prose and essays, which she published in various publishing houses and numerous anthologies (including Der Große Conrady) and literary magazines (including BELLA triste, Edit, Poetenladen), and works as a translator. In addition, she wrote lyrics for the Italoberlin singer-songwriter Bruno Franceschini and the composers Franz Tröger and Bo Wiget. She is the sister of the sculptor Stefan Rinck. In 2008, the ORF broadcast her work AM APPARAT (your truth style) in the series literature as radio art. From 2008 to 2016, she performed together with Ann Cotten and Sabine Scho as Rotten Kinck Schow. She taught, amongst others, at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and curated POETICA III in Cologne in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Egger
Oswald Egger is a South Tyrolean (Italy) lyricist and writer in the German language. He is the 2024 recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize, which is "considered the most important literary award in the Germanophone language area". Life and education Egger was born in Lana, South Tyrol, in 1963. He lives, like many other South Tyrolean intellectuals, in Vienna, Austria. In 1992 he completed his "Magister phil." (M.A.) in German Studies and Philosophy at the University of Vienna. Works Widely known by literati as a poet, Egger has also written prose texts. * ''Die Erde der Rede.'' Gedicht. Kleinheinrich, 1993. * ''Gleich und Gleich.'' Edition Howeg, 1995. * ''Blaubarts Treue.'' Edition Howeg, 1997. * ''Juli, September, August.'' Edition Solitude, 1997. * ''Herde der Rede.'' Poem. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1999. * ''Nichts, das ist.'' Gedichte. Suhrkamp, 2001. * ''-broich''. Homotopien eines Gedichts. Edition Korrespondenzen, 2003. * ''Prosa, Proserpina, Prosa.'' Suhrkam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
