Austrian PEN Club

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The Austrian PEN Club (also PEN Club Austria ) is the oldest writers' association in Austria and a member of the International PEN , based in Vienna and sub-centers in several federal states.

He sees himself primarily as a mediator and promoter of Austrian literature , as a forum and meeting place for writers, as a contact point to international literary institutions and as a defender and guardian of freedom of speech. He is continuously expanding these activities. Relative consideration of the particular sensitivities of the individual political systems in the different countries is not taken, but the dialogue is conducted on a broad basis in order to promote democratic developments. The Austrian PEN does this on the basis of membership of the international PEN community and in coordination with the global community. As part of its work in the Writers-in-Prison Committee, the PEN Club makes numerous appeals each year to the governments of countries in which writers and journalists are prevented from freedom of expression or even persecuted, tortured and threatened with the death penalty. Whenever possible, the PEN Club helps publish books by persecuted or exiled authors so as not to silence their literary voices.

history

The first Austrian PEN center was founded in June 1923, with Arthur Schnitzler as Honorary President and Grete von Urbanitzky as General Secretary. On the XI. The Congress of the International PEN Club in Ragusa (Dubrovnik) in May 1933 led to differences of opinion within the Austrian delegation. The general secretary Grete von Urbanitzky and the delegate Felix Salten had not joined the protest of the writers against the book burnings that had taken place shortly before. As a result, the sympathizers of National Socialism among the members of the Austrian PEN, including Mirko Jelusich , Bruno Brehm and Robert Hohlbaum . The political division of the Austrian writers drove many bourgeois democratic authors into exile. When Austria was annexed to the German Reich , the Austrian PEN Club was also dissolved in 1938, and the centre's assets and archives were confiscated.

On the initiative of Robert Neumann , the General Secretary of the Austrian Exile PEN Club (Free Austrian PEN Club) founded in London in 1939, the Austrian PEN Club was re-established in 1947. Franz Theodor Csokor was elected first post-war president. The Graz Authors' Assembly was founded in 1973 to protest against the course of the Austrian PEN Club .

In 2010 the Austrian PEN Club had to file for bankruptcy, which resulted in a settlement that was liquidated. The new leadership, u. a. with Helmuth A. Niederle as President, Susanne Scholl (2011) and Susanne Dobesch (from 2012) as Secretary General and Michael Amon (2011 to 2013) as Treasurer, has redeveloped the PEN with the involvement of the regional centers and repositioned it in terms of content. Special attention was paid to the literary voices of those authors who, for various reasons, left their original homeland and found a new home in Austria. By reflecting on their cultural roots in different literary traditions, they ensure a variety of literary voices, as it corresponds to the world that is changing due to migration flows. The book series “edition pen”, which is currently under construction, brings together literary works by Austrian and foreign authors. This series of books is supplemented by a number of documents that focus on various cultural-political topics.

List of presidents of the Austrian PEN Club

Helmuth A. Niederle (2018); current president of the club

Material volumes of the Austrian PEN Club

  • Time to say: NO! 2013.
  • Hungary. concerns: freedom of art. 2013.
  • Taksim Solidarity. Literature in Support of Turkish Protest. 2013.
  • Women's rights as a statute: mulieris mundi. 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-787-7 .

90 years of PEN

  • Harald Kollegger, Helmuth A. Niederle (Ed.): 23 + 23 = 1st platform Johannes Martinek Verlag, Perchtoldsdorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503683-0-7 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle, Christian Teissl (Ed.): In the middle of the sentence. Fragments. An anthology by the Austrian PEN Club. platform Johannes Martinek Verlag, Perchtoldsdorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503683-1-4 .

Book publications

  • Peter Paul Wiplinger: Positions 1960–2012. Löcker Verlag / Austrian PEN Club, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-728-0 .
  • Peter Bielész: Richard the Seventeenth. A travesty. (The Travesty of King Richard the 3rd and the 17th). (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902997-01-2 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle, Christian Teissl (ed.): Colorful stones. Freshly colored. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-680-1 .
  • Eva Schmidt (Ed.): Stadtschattierungen. An anthology. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-681-8 .
  • Peter Paul Wiplinger: Daydream Notes. Löcker Verlag / Austrian PEN Club, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-678-8 .
  • Harald Kollegger, Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): Word body. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-828-7 .
  • Harald Kollegger, Helmuth A. Niederle (Ed.): Eating alone is like dying alone. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-835-5 .
  • Ishraga Mustafa Hamid, Mark Klenk, Anton Marku, Helga Neumayer (eds.): We, moving stones. An anthology of the platform "literatur * limitless" (= series: penyapaa ). Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-886-7 .
  • Susanne Dobesch-Giese, Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): Festschrift for Erich Sedlak. liber amicarumque amicorum. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-478-4 .
  • Wolfgang Martin Roth (Ed.): In my own world the foreigner ... A literature workshop at the Döblinger Gymnasium (= series: penyapaa ). Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-862-1 .
  • Daniel R. Mekkonnen, Tedros Abraham, Abraham T. Zere (Eds.): Uncensored Voices. Essays, Poems and Art Works by Exiled Eritreans. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-889-8 .
  • Reinhart Hosch, Harald Kollegger, Helmuth A. Niederle (eds.): Sour apples, hard nuts, soft pears. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-949-9 .
  • Reinhart Hosch, Harald Kollegger, Helmuth A. Niederle (eds.): Leaking - sealing - sealing. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-948-2 .
  • Sadia Amir: Reminiscences of Forced Emigration. (= Row: penyapaa ). Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-975-8 .
  • Mark Klenk, Anton Marku, Ishraga Mustafa Hamid, Helga Neumayer (eds.): Doors. Anthology of the platform literature * unlimited (= series: penyapaa ). Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-998-7 .

Edition pen

  • Ilse Tielsch: sometimes a dream that tastes of salt. Collected poems. Volume 1, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85409-630-6 .
  • Wolfgang Kubin (Ed.): The heavenly place for earthly peace. New voices from China. Volume 2, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85409-623-8 .
  • Harald Kollegger: Only letters. 81 miniatures. Novel. Volume 3, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85409-635-1 .
  • Hermann Jandl: bitter tea. Poems. Volume 4, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85409-634-4 .
  • Helmut Stefan Milletich: When everyone was dead, we had a beautiful country. Poems. Volume 5, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-654-2 .
  • Easterine Iralu: Mari. Novel. Volume 6, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-655-9 .
  • Frank Gerke: The human body is like lightning. Zen poems and wisdom from Vietnam. Volume 7, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-664-1 .
  • Herbert Eisenreich : Every rise is a fall at the same time. The lyric work. Volume 8, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-690-0 .
  • Kurt Klinger: The pontifical office of the stake. The collected lyric work. Volume 9, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-651-1 .
  • Herbert Eisenreich: So and differently. Stories 1950–1964. Volume 10, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-689-4 .
  • Enoh Meyomesse : Poems by the inmate from Kondengui. Poems. Volume 11, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-692-4 .
  • Harald Kollegger: Pallawatsch and Palaver. Essays. Volume 12, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-687-0 .
  • Herbert Eisenreich: A couple of decades and eternity. Stories 1965–1977. Volume 13, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-713-6 .
  • Dorothea Macheiner: Djerba, La douce. Rommel Silence. Two stories. Volume 14, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-719-8 .
  • Ishraga Mustafa Hamid: Faces of the Danube. Poetry and prose. Volume 15, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-718-1 .
  • Philo Ikonya, Helmuth A. Niederle (Ed.): Schwarze Orphea / Black Orphea. Significant anger / relevant rage . Volume 16, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-717-4 .
  • Etela Farkašová: A very ordinary day and other stories. Volume 17, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-727-3 .
  • Jidi Majia: words of fire. Poems. Volume 18, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-735-8 .
  • Harish Mangalam: From the Twilight. Fourteen insights into the life of untouchables. Stories. Edited by Stephanie Kreiner. Volume 19, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-740-2 .
  • Christopher Merrill: Necessities. (Necessities). Poems. Volume 20, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-736-5 .
  • Herbert Eisenreich, Friedrich Torberg: When the language comes to the point. The correspondence. With all of Eisenreich's writings at Torberg. Volume 21, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-741-9 .
  • Karl Lubomirski: Seven Seas. Poems. Volume 22, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-756-3 .
  • Alfred Zellinger: City Boys. Hubris, catharsis and a day cruiser. Volume 23, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-758-7 .
  • Franz Richter: In the gentle withdrawal of all things believed. The complete lyric works. Edited by Reinhart Hosch. Volume 24, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-757-0 .
  • Philo Ikonya: Invincible Nubia: Adios Lampedusa. Volume 25, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-746-4 .
  • Jidi Majia: In the name of land and life. Selected speeches. Volume 26, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-747-1 .
  • Herbert Eisenreich: Even in their sin. Novel. Volume 27, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-771-6 .
  • Roman Roček: Echinoderms. Records, aphorisms and poems. Along with an essay by Alexander Giese. Volume 28, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-773-0 .
  • Dorothea Nürnberg, Olivia Jekupé (Ed.): In flight of the Harpyie / No Voo da Harpia. Indigenous poetry and prose from the Brazilian rainforest. Volume 29, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-776-1 .
  • Günter Schmidauer: Lobisser. To forget. An essay. Volume 30, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-783-9 .
  • Enoh Meyo Mass: Flowers of Freedom. Poems. Volume 31, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-786-0 .
  • Dato Barbakadze: Meditation on the fallen tree. Poems. Volume 32, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-766-2 .
  • Omar Hazek: In the love of life. Receipt from custody. Poetry and prose. Volume 33, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-790-7 .
  • Ishraga Mustafa Hamid (Ed.): Symphony of the Rub al-Chali. Poems. Volume 34, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-804-1 .
  • HG Adler: Guilty and innocent. Symphonic miniatures. (Collected Stories, Volume 4), ed. by Franz Hocheneder. Volume 35. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-793-8 .
  • Günter Unger: Huns die differently. Fragments of a Second Hand. Novel. Volume 36, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-797-6 .
  • Elisabeth Wäger: Daughters & Other Residents. A tour of a private office. Volume 37, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-798-3 .
  • Erna Pfeiffer (Ed.): You have not been able to erase our memories. Jewish-Argentine authors in conversation. Volume 39, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-805-8 .
  • Michael Guttenbrunner: In the power enclosure. Works Volume 1. Ed. And with a comment by Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 40, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-792-1 .
  • Boško Tomašević: The oblivion that we become. Poems from a damaged life. Translated from the Serbian by Helmut Weinberger. Volume 41, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-807-2 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (Ed.): How far does tolerance go? How far does Europe go? European tolerance talks Fresach 2015. Volume 42, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-677-1 .
  • Ulli Moschen: The anatomy of Undinen. Novel. Volume 44, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-814-0 .
  • Alfred Zellinger: Flash Poetry. Volume 45, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-814-0 .
  • Ulrich Gansert: The Chernivtsi experience. In the footsteps of Paul Celan . Volume 46, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-810-2 .
  • Mario Villani, Fernando Reati: Desaparecido. Memories from captivity . Volume 47, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-811-9 .
  • Shyamala Gogu: The lament of the water reservoir . Stories from India. ed. by Stephanie Kreiner. Volume 49, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-817-1 .
  • Harald Kollegger: Nothing happens. Volume 50, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-829-4 .
  • Wolfgang Mayer König: The enthusiastic word. A grammar of the soul. Prose texts. Volume 51, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-830-0 .
  • Wolfgang Weigel: Following the other trail. Poems. Volume 52, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-831-7 .
  • Liliana Lukin: Comparative Construction / Construcción Comparativa. Poems. Translated from Argentine Spanish by Eva Erna. Volume 53, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-832-4 .
  • Mahvash Sābet: No limits. Poems from prison . Volume 54, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-832-4 .
  • Joaquín Mbomío Bacheng: A good catch. The story of Padre Gabriel from Niefang. A novel from Equatorial Guinea. Translated from Spanish by Susanne Doppelbauer. Volume 57, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-840-9 .
  • Solomon Hailemariam: The Step into Life. Novel. Volume 58, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-841-6 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: London Disfonie. Poems. With five graphics and a frontispiece by Friedrich Danielis. Volume 62, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-850-8 .
  • Sophie Reyer: Sleep in the snow. Poems. Volume 63, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-851-5 .
  • Elisabeth Wäger: A heart lies around. Poems. Anna's houses. Volume 64, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-757-7 .
  • Kurt F. Svatek: On some days the moon is a little crooked. A work diary. Volume 65, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-858-4 .
  • Peter Paul Wiplinger: Boxed Texts 2007-2016. Volume 66, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-856-0 .
  • Easterine Kire: A Lost Life. Story of a love among the Naga. (Life on Hold). Volume 67, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-863-8 .
  • Luisa Futoransky: Formosa. (El Formosa). Translated from the Argentine Spanish by Erna Peiffer. Volume 68, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-863-8 .
  • Boško Tomašević: Nobody. Nowhere. An archaeological story. Translated from the Serbian by Helmut Weinberger. Volume 69, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-865-2 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: Home and Tolerance. At home in paradoxes. Speeches and reflections. Volume 70, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-866-9 .
  • Tamas Badsaghua: Last stop. Poems. Volume 71, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-867-6 .
  • Eugenie Black Forest: The Legacy of Eugenie. Eugenie Schwarzwald's collected feature articles 1908–1938 (edited by Robert Streibel). Volume 72, Löcker Verlag. Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-878-2 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): The borders of Europe - human rights and the consequences of climate change. European Tolerance Talks Fresach 2016. Volume 73, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-879-9 .
  • Alfred Rossi: Up and down. A picture reader. Volume 74, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-859-1 .
  • Jidi Majia: The jaws of the red lion in the star chamber of thoughts. Poems. Volume 75, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-887-4 .
  • Sarita Jenamani: Inscriptions on Sand Dunes / Inscriptures On Sand Dunes. Poems. Volume 76, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-881-2 .
  • Aftab Husain: A Dream Deferred / A Dream Deferred. Poems. Volume 77, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-882-9 .
  • Amira Faisal Jaafar: The first and the second self. Poems, pictures and drawings. Volume 78. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-883-6 .
  • Ishraga Mustafa Hamid: The feminine of the flute. Poetry. Volume 79, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-884-3 .
  • Margarita Valdivia: embers and fire / brasa y fuego. Poems. Volume 80, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-885-0 .
  • Dušan Saviċ: Inter Vivos. Novel. Volume 81, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-914-7 .
  • Anton Marku: You my voice. Poems. Volume 82, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-913-0 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): Language and power. Documentation of the symposium. Volume 83. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-891-1 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (Ed.): Utopia. Documentation of the symposium. Volume 84. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-890-4 .
  • Gerhard R. Wind: Oil paintings. Edited by Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 85. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-893-5 .
  • Marlies Thuswald: Echofarn. After pictures by Sigrid Koller. With music by Benno Sterzer. Volume 86. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-915-4 .
  • Carry Hauser: Between yesterday and tomorrow . Autobiographical novel. Edited by Adolf Opel. Volume 87. Löcker Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-901-7 .
  • Stephanie Kreiner, Sonja Frenzel (Ed.): Parallel Existences. Stories from African countries. Volume 88. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-902-4 .
  • Alfred Zellinger: Doctor Faustus in London, banker, oligarch. Slam drama. Volume 90. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-892-8 .
  • Ulrich Gansert: painting, installations and objects. Interiors and Allegories. Alluvial forests and gardens. Works 1972-2017. Volume 91. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-895-9 .
  • Juhan Liiv: Snow throws, I sing . Poems. Edited by Jüri Talvet. Translated from Estonian by Sophie Reyer. Volume 92. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-907-9 .
  • Old Brody: Ghetto Twilight . Collected poems. Edited by Herbert Kuhner and George Wallace. Volume 93. Löcker Verlag 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-906-2 .
  • Kurt F. Svatek: What does the Philémon do without Baukis . Lyric reflections. Volume 94. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-910-9 .
  • Gerhard Blaboll: The cow-eyed camel. Story (s) from the Levant. Volume 95. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-853-9 .
  • Michael Guttenbrunner: Not entirely day and not entirely night. Collected poems. Works Volume 2. Ed. And with a comment by Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 96, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-85409-900-0 .
  • Wolfgang Kubin: Postscripts or Last Ballads from a Past Life. Volume 97. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-909-3 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: Beach goods of the night. Milian's last notes. Volume 98. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-896-6 .
  • Hazir Mehmeti: the destruction of time. Translated by Kurt Gostentschnigg. With a foreword by Peter Paul Wiplinger and drawings by Gazmend Freitag. Volume 99, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-917-8 .
  • Ingrid Schramm, Doris Kloimstein: Stories from the PEN Club. 70 years of the Austrian PEN Club from the reorganization in 1947 until today. Volume 100, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-888-1 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): The future of freedom. Europe's civil society and the consequences of globalization for politics, economy and society. European tolerance talks Fresach 2017. Volume 101, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-937-6 .
  • Harald Kollegger: Pelmo's shadow. Novel. Volume 102. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-921-5 .
  • Fritz Habeck: My time before awakening. Autobiography I. Ed. By Andreas Weber and Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 103. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-921-5 .
  • Wolfgang Mayer König: Friendliness instead of a person. The lyric work. Volume 104, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-926-0 .
  • Zohir Abu Saad: Damascus. Jasmine's hell . From the Arabic by Sabine Hammoud and Sebastian Landschbauer-Scherr. Volume 105, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-998-7 .
  • Leyla & Arif Yunus: From Soviet Camp to Azerbaijani Prison. Volume 106, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-929-1 .
  • Helmut Reinalter (ed.): The new enlightenment thinking and the change of society. Club of Rome Congress of the Chapter Austria 2017 in Vienna. Volume 107, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-939-0 .
  • Erika Mitterer: Crucial encounters. Stories and fragments. Edited by Martin G. Petrowsky. Volume 108. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-940-6 .
  • Helen Kidan: Hope and other Poems / Hope and other Poems. Volume 109. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-941-3 .
  • Ran Haubert: Kirke outside the walls. Sediments of a summer. Poetry and prose. Volume 110. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-972-7 .
  • Alexander Giese: Power and powerlessness of the spirit. Writings from the estate. Edited by Susanne Dobesch-Giese a. Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 111. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-938-3 .
  • Eva Petric: Your head is full of butterflies. Translation: Ulrike Zimmermann. With a foreword by Harald Kollegger. Volume 112. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-942-0 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: Rendezvous at Immerwo. Poems. Volume 113. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-943-7 .
  • Wolfgang Georg Fischer: From my office in London, Vienna and on Grundlsee 1951 to 2018. Ed. By Evelyn Adunka and Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 114. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-944-4 .
  • Abu Bakr Khaal: The Titanic - the African way. Roman. Translated from the Arabic by Ishraga Mustafa Hamid and Kurt F. Svatek. Volume 115. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-946-8 .
  • Mohammed Madani: A window not beguiled by the sun. Poems. From the Arabic by Ishraga Mustafa Hamid and Helmuth A. Niederle. Volume 116. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-947-5 .
  • Elisabeth Wäger: fear, loss, dignity, old age and more. Volume 117. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-973-4 .
  • Marie-Thérèse Kiriaky: Gray area. Short stories. Volume 118. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-974-1 .
  • Mergim Osmani: Poetry of the Heart. Poems. Translation from Albanian by Dr. Kurt Gostentschnigg. Volume 119. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-976-5 .
  • Karl Lubomirski: Uninhabitable Red. Poetry. Volume 120. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-961-1 .
  • MK Ajay: Claws in water skin. Poems. Translated from English by Harald Kollegger. Volume 121. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-928-4 .
  • Ilia Galán: Ars Sacra. Poetry. (bilingual) Translation by Arwed Funk. Volume 122. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-963-5 .
  • Rosa Gitta Martl: Stay strong . Volume 123. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-977-2 .
  • Susana Szwarc: Braids. The stolen secret . Novel. Translation from Argentine Spanish by Erna Pfeiffer. Volume 124. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-956-7 .
  • Helmut Reinalter (Ed.): Günther Nenning . Journalist, writer, political lateral thinker and religious socialist . Volume 125, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-980-2 .
  • Harald Kollegger (Ed.): Longing for Europe - In search of the lost paradise . Documentation of the European Tolerance Talks 2018. Volume 126, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-981-9 .
  • Erich Sedlak: The fragility of the wings. Novel and Selected Poems. Volume 127. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-037-8 .
  • Herbert Pasiecznyk: Lanzarote. 24 pen drawings and texts. Volume 128. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-010-1 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: The fifth season. Poems. Volume 129. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-959-8 .
  • Peter Paul Wiplinger: Boxed Texts II. 2017-2019. Volume 130, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-979-6 .
  • Ulrich Gansert: Experience Ukraine. Galicia and Volhynia . In the footsteps of Joseph Conrad, Bruno Schulz & Joseph Roth. Volume 131, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-952-9 .
  • Alfred Zellinger: Flaneurgeschichten from the imaginary metropolis of Europe. An approximation. Volume 132. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-958-1 .
  • Peter Paul Wiplinger: Memory Pictures . Volume 133. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-985-7 .
  • Kurt F. Svatek: The non- reparation . Research from times that cannot be repaired. Volume 134. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-002-6 .
  • Max Haberich: The wind on the slope. Stories and satires. With a foreword by Reinhart Hosch. Volume 135. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-003-3 .
  • Lev Detela: Before the dawn. Selected poems. Volume 136. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-001-9 .
  • Günther Anders: Homeless sculpture. About Rodin. Translated from the English by Werner Reimann. Volume 137. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-024-8 .
  • Nathalie Rouanet: Of honey and absinthe. Novel. Volume 138. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-006-4 .
  • Fritz Peter Kirsch: Christoph Ransmayr's image of the Austrian people An interdisciplinary and intercultural search for traces. With a foreword by Wynfried Kriegleder. Volume 139. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-000-2 .
  • Carmen Kassenkert (Ed. In): Ö-SLAM 2018. slam-poetry. Volume 141. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-966-6 .
  • Wolfgang Kubin: This one life. Last verses. Volume 143, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-85409-965-9 .
  • Aftab Hussain, Sarita Jenamani, Helmuth A. Niederle (eds.): Allahs imprisoned disciples. Dungeon poetry from Islamic countries. Volume 145. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-011-8 .
  • Ananya S Guha: The Hills of Slow Time. Volume 146. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-962-8 .
  • Dawit Isaac: Hope and Other Texts. German translation from English Wolfgang Martin Roth. Volume 147. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-004-0 .
  • Rudi Wach: What people need art for. Volume 148. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-032-3 .
  • Annemarie Moser: Morning light wind in the poplars. Volume 149. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-009-5 .
  • Rüdiger Görner: Under the sign of the wind turbine. Literary orientations. Volume 150. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-989-5 .
  • Werner Wintersteiner, Christina Beretta, Mira Miladinović Zalaznik (eds.): Manifest / o Alpe-Adria. Votes for a Europe region of peace and prosperity. Volume 151. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-027-9 .
  • Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): Saying the unspeakable. mulieris mundi II. Texts of the PEN symposium "Violence and trauma. Practice and literary processing" (International day against violence against women 2019). Volume 152, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-033-0 .
  • Marián Hatala: The footsteps on my ceiling. Poems. Volume 153, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, cover picture .
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  • Tsippy Levin Byron: Read in depth. Poems. Volume 155, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-035-4 .
  • Barbara Simoniti: water. Poems. Translated from the Slovenian by Daniela Kocmut. Volume 156, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-030-9 .
  • Helmut Reinalter (ed.): The new enlightenment in politics, economy and science. Conference of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in cooperation with the Club of Rome Congress of the Chapter Austria and the PEN Club Austria 2019. Volume 157, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-031-6 .
  • Reinhart Hosch, Helmuth A. Niederle (ed.): Emergency: Covid-19. Texts on and in the pandemic. Volume 163, Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-048-4 .

Prices of the Austrian PEN

  • Franz Theodor Csokor Prize

This literary prize is awarded at irregular intervals by the Austrian PEN Center and is named after the first post-war president, Franz Theodor Csokor. An individual application is not possible. The previous winners:

  • 1969 Pavel Kohout
  • 1970 Wolfgang Bauer
  • 1971 Franz Buchrieser
  • 1972 Thomas Bernhard
  • 1975 György Sebestyén
  • 1979 Fritz Hochwälder
  • 1985 Herbert Eisenreich
  • 1987 Joseph Zoderer
  • 1988 Kurt Klinger
  • 1998 Herbert Berger
  • 2006 Friedrich Ch. Zauner
  • 2007 Adam Zielinski
  • 2014 Peter Paul Wiplinger
  • 2017 Ilse Tielsch
  • 2018 Alois Brandstetter
  • "Roma Literature Prize of the Austrian PEN" in memory of Ceija Stojka (1933–2013)

The “Roma Literature Prize of the Austrian PEN” was launched in memory of its member Ceija Stojka, the Austrian Roma artist who died in 2013, the writer, painter, singer, dancer, concentration camp survivor, contemporary witness and human rights activist. This award recognizes the artistic work traditionally anchored in Roma culture and at the same time also points out the Roma and Sinti people who were largely discriminated against in Europe and almost exterminated in the Holocaust. Thus, in addition to the award of literary work, it is also a matter of punctuation and warning with regard to human rights. The prize is awarded every three years. An individual application is not possible.

On November 22, 2013, the prize was awarded to Stefan Horvath for the first time at BuchWien.

Samuel Mago was the second to be awarded the prize on November 11, 2016 at BuchWien. Samuel Mago, who was born in Budapest in 1996, is a writer, musician and Roma activist. He comes from a Roma family with Jewish roots on his mother's side. He had been learning German since he was four and moved with his parents to Vienna, where he also completed his school career. For several years he has been considered the voice of multicultural dialogue.

On April 10, 2019, Rosa Gitta Martl was awarded the “Roma Literature Prize by the Austrian PEN in memory of Ceija Stojka” in the Concordia press club. Her artistic work includes visual and literary works. For the first time a woman and for the first time a representative of the Austrian Sinti were honored with the Roma Literature Prize. On this occasion, the book she wrote, “Bleib stark”, was published in edition pen by Löcker Verlag.

European Tolerance Prize for Democracy and Human Rights

In future, the tolerance prize is to be awarded annually by the Austrian PEN Club and the city of Villach as part of the tolerance talks taking place in Fresach. An individual application is not possible.

The previous winners:

  • 2018 Doğan Akhanlı
From the laudation: “Doğan Akhanlı has felt the arbitrariness of an anti-democratic, authoritarian regime several times and, as an innocent writer who sees freedom of expression as a human right, got to know several prisons in Turkey and recently one in Spain from the inside should - in a manipulative reversal of the facts - no good deed go unpunished, ”said PEN Vice President Harald Kollegger at the award ceremony.
  • 2019 Sonia Boumad
Villach's mayor Günther Albel declared at the handover ceremony that the Lebanon-born author would be honored primarily for her work of intercultural understanding, but that the award is also on behalf of those people who, despite war, flight and displacement, have their hopes for the Have not given up on the good and the beautiful in life. "Sonia Boumad is a shining example of human size and intellectual foresight."
  • 2020 Erna Pfeiffer
“What Erna Pfeiffer does is more than a translation - an indication that there are spiritual continents in this world that need to be discovered. In addition, their work is a benchmark for literature that emerges in difficult circumstances. In Europe, and therefore also in Austria, we still have numerous literary voices that fade away unheard. Often the language barrier is insurmountable and then there is a lack of knowledge to understand what is represented in the literature. Erna Pfeiffer provides both, the translations and revisions as well as the information necessary for understanding. These are the reasons for awarding it the Tolerance Prize 2020, ”said the PEN Club in its reasoning for the choice.

See also

literature

  • Klaus Amann : PEN - Politics, Emigration, National Socialism. An Austrian writers' club. Böhlau, Vienna 1984.
  • Klaus Amann: Reconstruction - The Austrian PEN Club 1945–1955. In: Klaus Amann: The poets and politics. Essays on Austrian literature after 1918. Edition Falter / Deuticke, Vienna 1992, pp. 200–219.
  • Roman Rocek : Splendor and Misery of PEN Biography of a literary club. Böhlau, Vienna 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (Ed.): Art report 2007. Report on federal art funding. (PDF; 1.4 MB). On: bmukk.gv.at.
  2. ↑ penclub.at
  3. ↑ penclub.at
  4. ↑ pen-deutschland.de
  5. ↑ penclub.at
  6. ↑ Peter Paul Wiplinger receives the Franz Theodor Csokor Prize. In: The Standard. July 7, 2014, accessed July 7, 2014.