Hans Eichhorn

Hans Eichhorn (born February 13, 1956 in Vöcklabruck , Upper Austria ; † February 29, 2020 in Attersee am Attersee , Upper Austria) was an Austrian writer who was best known as a poet.

Life

After graduating from the commercial academy in Vöcklabruck in 1975, he studied religious education in Salzburg. Eichhorn took over the fishing rights on Lake Attersee from his parents in 1983. In 1987 he married Elisabeth, with whom he had three children.

This was followed by intensive literary work with numerous publications in literary magazines such as manuscripts , literature and criticism , text + kritik , Wespennest , Facetten, Rampe et cetera and on Austrian radio (ORF) . In 1993 his first book was published by the Residenz-Verlag with Das Zimmer als voll Bauch . Since then, many other publications as well as several prizes and grants have followed. Hans Eichhorn received the Manuscript Award in 1999 .

Eichhorn was a sideline fisherman . In May 2017, he was the subject of many media reports after he fished his own wallet out of the Attersee from a depth of ninety meters , which he had lost there around 20 years earlier. In addition to a bank customer card, it also contained 500 schillings .

Eichhorn died two weeks after his 64th birthday after a long and serious illness.

Works

The room as a full stomach. Poems. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence , 1993.
The detour. Prose miniatures. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 1994, ISBN 3-85252-017-7 .
The call. The trip. The water. Prose. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence, 1995.
Hell Mountains. Miniatures. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 1995, ISBN 3-85252-044-4 .
Brainstorm. Stories. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 1997, ISBN 3-85252-137-8 .
fishing (photo essay, fish oratorio, together with Kurt Kaindl ), Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag, 1997.
Peter complex. Poems. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence, 1998.
Plankton. Scenes, micrograms. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 1999, ISBN 3-85252-317-6 .
The immersion. The transformation. The tone sequence. (together with the artist Klaus Krobath), Weitra: Verl. Bibliothek d. Province, 2000, ISBN 3-85252-339-7 .
Circus Wols. Recording and projection. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence, 2000.
the bypass - Attersee-Tour. (Picture / text volume, together with Klaus Costadedoi), Weitra: Verl. Bibliothek d. Province, 2002, ISBN 3-85252-481-4 .
Travel on the spot. Poems. Munich: Buch & Media, poetry edition 2000, 2003.
morning opera. Summer Lake Poems. Attersee: Edition Sommerfrische, 2004, ISBN 3-902415-03-7 .
rowing - Attersee season tour. (Picture / text volume, together with Klaus Costadedoi), Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2005, ISBN 3-902415-06-1 .
On the way to happy pigs. Poems. St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residence, 2006.
The will to work. Fragments. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 2006, ISBN 3-902415-10-X .
The don't know game. Novel. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 2008, ISBN 978-3-85252-917-2 .
The couch. Manifest. St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residence, 2008.
Box seat. Summer Lake Poems. Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2010, ISBN 978-3-902415-15-8 .
Need for action. Dramolette. Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902415-16-5 .
Flotsam Attersee. (Picture / text volume, together with Klaus Costadedoi), Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2013, ISBN 978-3-902415-17-2 .
About the essentials. Poems. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 2013, ISBN 978-3-99028-183-3 .
Above the lowlands. Poems. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 2014, ISBN 978-3-99028-339-4 .
And (all for free). Stories. Weitra: Verl. Library d. Province, 2015, ISBN 978-3-99028-450-6 .
Total company. Dramolette. Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2016, ISBN 978-3-902415-18-9 .
Autumn sonata. (Long poem, together with Erwin Einzinger ), Attersee: Ed. Sommerfrische, 2016, ISBN 978-3-902415-20-2 .
In what has been obeyed. Poems. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2017, ISBN 978-3-99028-659-3 .
Enticement. Notes. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2018, ISBN 978-3-99028-734-7 .
ALMOST the big house. Repetitions. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2019, ISBN 978-3-99028-827-6 .
Unborn. Prose. Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz , 2020, ISBN 978-3-99028-920-4 .

Awards

1983: Rauriser work grant for literature
1987: Talent promotion bonus from the state of Upper Austria
1994: Award for authors of the Lower Saxony / Wolfenbüttel Foundation
1998: Project grant for literature from the BKA
1999: Manuscript Prize of the State of Styria
2002: Scholarship from the German Literature Fund e. V.
2005: Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for Literature
2017: Rotahorn Literature Prize
2019: Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry
2019: Heinrich Gleißner Prize

literature

Alexandra Millner (Ed.): Portrait of Hans Eichhorn (= Die Rampe 2011, H. 3)

Web links

Literature by and about Hans Eichhorn in the catalog of the German National Library
Eichhorn in the Literaturhaus Wien
Author's dossier on Hans Eichhorn (PDF; 2.7 MB) at [Residenz Verlag]
Hans Eichhorn works by Hans Eichhorn published by the Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz in the Bibliothek der Provinz
Alexandra Millner: Hans Eichhorn . In: Keywords for Upper Austria. Literary history

Individual evidence

↑ "Wortfischer" Hans Eichhorn died on mein district.at on February 29, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020.

^ All information from Hans Eichhorn

↑ wolfgang.atzenhofer: Fischer pulled his lost wallet out of the lake 20 years ago . ( kurier.at [accessed on November 28, 2017]).

↑ Author Hans Eichhorn awarded on ORF December 4, 2019, accessed on December 4, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Eichhorn, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 13, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vöcklabruck
DATE OF DEATH	February 29, 2020
Place of death	Attersee am Attersee

[1] "Wortfischer" Hans Eichhorn died on mein district.at on February 29, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020.

[2] All information from Hans Eichhorn

[3] wolfgang.atzenhofer: Fischer pulled his lost wallet out of the lake 20 years ago . ( kurier.at [accessed on November 28, 2017]).

[4] Author Hans Eichhorn awarded on ORF December 4, 2019, accessed on December 4, 2019.