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
Austria
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n writer and musician.
He studied Politics and German (1970–1978) at the
University of Marburg,
Germany
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, and Mathematics and Philosophy at the universities in Giessen and Frankfurt, Germany.
[ Recent acclaim hailed from his radio broadcasts of casually told antique myths ( Telemachus and Calypso) and biblical stories (]Moses
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), which were later issued as CDs and in book form.[
Together with Reinhold Bilgeri he has composed cabaret programs and song lyrics, which both artists presented in public as the Duo Bilgeri & Köhlmeier. With the group Schellinski he has been writing song texts in Vorarlberg dialect since 2004.
In 1981 he married the writer Monika Helfer. Their daughter Paula Köhlmeier died in an accident in 2003, at the age of 21, and he dedicated his book ''Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund'' (''Idyll With Drowning Dog'') as a memorial to her and his surviving family.]["Michael Köhlmeier: Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund"]
review by Dietmar Jacobsen, 22.05.2009, PoetenLaden. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
Other books include ''Abendland'' (''Occident'', Carl Hanser Verlag, August 2007, ), about the memoirs of a mathematics professor, telling the history of two families over the past 95 years."Abendland (Occident)"
, New Books in German, Autumn 2009, Issue 26. Retrieved 01.03.2010. It has met with critical acclaim.["Das ganze Leben: Michael Köhlmeiers monumentales Jahrhundertepos »Abendland« wagt viel und gewinnt."]
review by Verena Auffermann, 20.09.2007, ''Die Zeit
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History
The first edition of was ...
'' No 39. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
Michael Köhlmeier lives as a free-lance writer in Hohenems, 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 popu ...
. In 1997 he received the Grimmelshausen Prize.
Awards
* Johann Peter Hebel Prize (1988)["KÖHLMEIER, Michael"]
, Second Dimension press author page, 12-Mar-2008. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
* Manès Sperber Prize for Literature (1994) [
* Golden Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service of Vienna (2007)][
* Prize Acknowledging Literary Achievements (2008)][
]
References
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1949 births
Living people
Austrian male writers
Anton Wildgans Prize winners