Gustav Ernst (born 23 August 1944) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He has also founded and edited two

literary journals A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and ...

, ''

Wespennest ''Wespennest'' (literally translated "wasps nest") is a bi-annual literary magazine published in Austria. It includes texts and images by authors and artists, presenting themes on specific countries, literature, art theory or politics, along wit ...

'' and '' kolik''. Ernst was born in

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, where he read Philosophy, Psychology and History at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich h ...

. He lives in

Leopoldstadt Leopoldstadt (; bar, Leopoidstod, "Leopold-Town") is the 2nd municipal district of Vienna (german: 2. Bezirk) in Austria. there are 103,233 inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau (20th distri ...

Selected works

Plays

* ''Ein irrer Haß'' (1979) * ''Mallorca'' (1986) * ''Herzgruft'' (1988) * ''Blutbad'' (1990) * ''Herz ist Trumpf'' (1990) * ''1000 Rosen'' (1990) * ''Ein Volksfreund'' (1994) * ''Casino'' (1998)

Novels

* ''Einsame Klasse'' (1979) * ''Frühling in der Via Condotti'' (1987) * ''Trennungen'' (2000) * ''

Grado. Süße Nacht ''Grado. Süße Nacht'' (''Grado. Sweet Night'') is a short novel by Gustav Ernst first published in 2004. Set in Grado, Italy, on a summer's evening, the book is a long monologue In theatre, a monologue (from el, μονόλογος, from ...

'' (2004) * ''Grundlsee'' (2013)

External links

Complete bibliography

The ''kolik'' homepage
1944 births Living people Austrian male writers {{Austria-writer-stub