Bodo Hell (born 15 March 1943 in

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, missing since 11 August 2024) is an Austrian writer. He studied the

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with the

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, Salzburg, and in

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he studied Film and Television, Philosophy, German Studies and History. He lives in Vienna and

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. He has worked with, among others,

Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian writer of poetry and prose, radio plays, children's books and dramatic texts. She experimented with language, and was regarded as an avant-garde poet, and as one of the l ...

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, Liesl Ujvary and Hil de Gard. Bodo Hell used to spend summers guarding sheep in the Austrian mountains. The 81 year old was reported as missing on 11 August 2024, a large search operation for him was abandoned three days later without result. In September 2024, he was officially declared a

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