Peter Paul Wiplinger (born 25 June 1939 in

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) is an Austrian writer and photographer. ''Wiplinger'' was born in 1939 in Haslach an der Mühl in

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as the tenth child of a merchant family. He studied

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, German and philosophy. Since 1960 he has lived as liberal writer and photographer in

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. He is member of the Austrian

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, auf the Austrian League for Human Rights, of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance against Nazisms, and he is directing member of the writers' association

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. He has received several awards, including the

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in 2003 and the Cultural Medal of Upper Austria in 2005. Wiplinger published about 30 books, which have been translated to more than 20 languages. He primarily writes political essays, poetry and artistic photography.

Works (selection)

* ''Hoc est enim'', poetry,

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1966 * ''Gitter'', poetry,

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1981 * ''Herzschläge'', poetry, Baden bei Wien 1989 * ''Lebenszeichen'', poetry, Klagenfurt 1992 * ''Ausgestoßen'', prose,

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1994/2004 * ''Niemandsland'', poetry,

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2002 * ''Lebensbilder'', memories, Grünbach 2003 * ''Steine im Licht'', poetry, Gosau 2007

References

External links

Austrian Literature Archive about Peter Paul Wiplinger
* Writers from Vienna 1939 births Living people People from Rohrbach District Austrian male writers 21st-century Austrian photographers Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class {{Europe-photographer-stub