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Michael Köhlmeier
Michael Köhlmeier (born 15 October 1949 in Hard, Austria)"Prize Acknowledging Literary Achievements of Michael Köhlmeier" Austrian Federal Chancellery, 23.06.2008. Retrieved 01.03.2010. is a contemporary n writer and musician. He studied Politics and German (1970–1978) at the University of Marburg, |
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1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last One-party state, single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City, New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon Sr., Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manès Sperber Prize For Literature
Manes are the souls of deceased loved ones in Roman mythology. Manes may refer to: Places * Manes, Missouri, USA * Manes River, a river of Greece * Alaverdi or Manes, Armenia * Manvo or Manes, Armenia People * Manes of Lydia, a king of Maeonia (later called Lydia) * Mani (prophet) or Manes, founder of Manichaeism * Manes, a slave of Diogenes of Sinope People with the name * Manes (surname) * Manès Sperber (1905-1984), Polish Jewish writer * Joseph Manes Österreicher (1759-1831), Hungarian physician Fictional characters * Manes, a character in ''The Birds'' by Aristophanes Other uses * Manes (band), a band from Trondheim, Norway See also * Mánes Union of Fine Arts, a Czech arts organization * Mannes, a surname * Mane (other) * Mani (other) * Manassas (other) * Manasses (other) * Mains (other) * Maynes (other) Maynes may refer to: * Ben Jacques-Maynes (born 1978), American road bicycle racing cyclist from Watso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis
The Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis was endowed in 1936 in honour of the writer and dialectal poet Johann Peter Hebel. The prize is since 1974 awarded every two years (before every year) to writers, translators, essayists, media representatives or scientists from the German district Baden-Württemberg, who write in the Alemannic dialect or are connected with Hebel. The ceremony of the €10,000 prize takes place in Hausen im Wiesental, which is also home to the "Hebelfest" every 10 May. The municipality of Hausen also award every year the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Gedenkplakette to personalities from the Ober Rhein region. Winners * 1936 Hermann Burte * 1937 Alfred Huggenberger * 1938 Eduard Reinacher * 1939 Hermann Eris Busse * 1940 Benno Rüttenauer * 1941 Emil Strauß * 1942 Wilhelm Weigand * 1943 Jakob Schaffner * 1946 Anton Fendrich * 1947 Franz Schneller * 1948 Traugott Meyer * 1949 Wilhelm Hausenstein * 1950 Wilhelm Altwegg * 1951 Albert Schweitzer * 1952 Max Picard * 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimmelshausen-Preis
Grimmelshausen Prize () is a literary prize in Germany, which is awarded since 1993 on every two years. The prize is named after Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, author of Simplicius Simplicissimus, a famous German book. The prize money is €10,000. Laureates * 1993: Ruth Klüger – ''weiter leben'' * 1995: Alban Nikolai Herbst – ''Wolpertinger oder Das Blau'' * 1997: Michael Köhlmeier – ''Telemach'' * 1999: Robert Menasse – ''Schubumkehr'' * 2001: Adolf Muschg – ''Sutters Glück'' * 2003: Brigitte Kronauer – ''Teufelsbrück''; sponsorship award: Ricarda Junge – ''Silberfaden'' * 2005: Dieter Forte – ''Auf der anderen Seite der Welt''; sponsorship award: Jagoda Marinić – ''Russische Bücher'' * 2007: Feridun Zaimoğlu – ''Leyla''; sponsorship award: Silke Scheuermann – ''Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf'' * 2009: Reinhard Jirgl – ''Die Stille''; sponsorship award: Claudia Gabler – ''Die kleinen Raubtiere unter ihrem Pelz' * 2011: Pete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol (state), Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have List of cities and towns in Austria, larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian dialects, Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialects, Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenems
Hohenems (High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Ems'') is a town in the Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg in the Dornbirn (district), Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of the Austrian part of the Rhine valley. With a population of 16,946, it is the fifth largest municipality in Vorarlberg and currently has the fastest population growth in the state. Hohenems' attractions include a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance palace dating back to the 16th century, a Jewish history museum, and the old town center. Geography The town is located at above sea level, about south of Lake Constance. Hohenems extends for from north to south and from west to east. Its total area is , of which 42% is covered with forest. The oxbow lake of the river Rhine in the west, forming the border of Austria as well as European Union, EU to Switzerland, and the mountainside in the east is at the narrowest point of the Austrian Rhine valley. The ''Schlossberg'' ("castle mountain"), el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Zeit
(, ) is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The first edition of was first published in Hamburg on 21 February 1946. The founding publishers were Gerd Bucerius, Lovis H. Lorenz, Richard Tüngel and Ewald Schmidt di Simoni. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff joined as an editor in March 1946. She became publisher of from 1972 until her death in 2002. In 1983 she was joined by former Chancellor of Germany (1949–), German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Later Josef Joffe and former German federal secretary of culture Michael Naumann joined them as well. The paper's publishing house, Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius in Hamburg, is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and Dieter von Holtzbrinck, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Media. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays. As of 2018, has additional offices in Brussels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Hanser Verlag
The Carl Hanser Verlag was founded in 1928 by Carl Hanser in Munich and is one of the few medium-sized publishing companies in the German-speaking area still owned by the founding family. History From the very beginning, the publishing house has been active in the two fields of fiction and literature, with fictional fiction being published from 1933 to 1946. The foundation stones of the publishing house were laid with the participation of the magazine "Betriebsstechnik", which was incorporated into the publishing house in 1933. The activities in the field of trade journals, with 21 publications, play an important role in addition to the literature and specialist books. The founder, Carl Hanser, withdrew from the active publishing management in 1976. In 1985 Carl Hanser died. Wolfgang Beisler, a grandson of Carl Hanser, became a member of the management in 1996. Michael Krüger was Managing Director of Carl Hanser Verlag until 2013 when Jo Lendle took over. In 1961, Carl Hans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlbergerisch
High Alemannic is a branch of Alemannic German spoken in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg and in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Intelligibility of these dialects to non-Alemannic speakers tends to be limited. Language area The High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Liechtenstein and in most of German-speaking Switzerland ( Swiss Plateau), except for the Highest Alemannic dialects in the Swiss Alps and for the Low Alemannic (Basel German) dialect in the North West. Therefore, High Alemannic must not be confused with the term "Swiss German", which refers to all Alemannic dialects of Switzerland as opposed to Swiss variant of Standard German, the literary language of diglossic German-speaking Switzerland. In Germany, High Alemannic dialects are spoken in Southern Baden-Württemberg, i.e. the Markgräflerland and in the adjacent area south of Freiburg im Breisgau up to the Black Forest ( Schönau). It is also spoken in the southern Sundgau region beyond the Upper Rhine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
