Alfred Komarek

Alfred Komarek (2019)

Alfred Komarek reads from Polt. (2009)

Alfred Komarek (born October 5, 1945 in Bad Aussee ) is an Austrian writer. He lives as a freelance author in Vienna , Bad Aussee and Lower Austria .

Life

Alfred Komarek received a high school education in Bad Aussee and began during his later aborted Jus (where he at -Studiums Hans Lentze on Handwörterbuch to German legal history cooperate) to compose lack of money glosses and reports for newspapers and later texts for the radio. He tried to adapt the written word to the requirements of radio. His program Melodie exclusive, which ran for many years, became legendary with its mixture of folk music and cautiously poetic, even a little suggestive texts. Komarek's texts were also broadcast on Bavarian and Hessian radio , including: features, radio plays, essays, feuilletons, stories and TV scripts (most recently for the ORF series “Universum”). Alfred Komarek is not only the author of numerous crime novels, but also the author of various non-fiction books on the subject of local history and geography. It leads through both Austrian and European cultural landscapes.

His first crime novel Polt muss Weinen was awarded the Glauser as the best German-language crime novel of 1998. Six Polt novels and the first two Käfer novels have been filmed for television by ORF and ARTE . Together with Julian Pölsler , Alfred Komarek received the Romy in 2002 for the best screenplay.

Alfred Komarek also wrote the lyrics for various female singers, including Edita Gruberová and, under the name Alfred Schilling, for Anikó Benkö the successful song “Say yes to life”. He's one of the Donaldists .

Komarek moderates the Austrian literary magazine LiteraTOUR of the broadcaster ServusTV , since September 2018 alternating with Theodora Bauer .

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

• with János Kalmár , Hubertus Knabe : Budapest , Bucher, Berlin / Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7658-0681-1 .
• Weinviertel . Dives in the green sea. Kremayr / Scheriau, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-218-00641-4
• In the deepest Waldviertel . Brandstätter, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902510-74-7 .
• with Wolfgang Schüssel : The red, white and red globe book . Ueberreuter, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-8000-1506-4 .
• Late harvest. Texts from four decades . Haymon, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-85218-507-1 .
• Incitement to pause . Styria, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-222-13297-1 .
• Row Austria from the inside:

1. Austria from within: Semmering . Haymon, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7099-7001-0 .
2. Austria from within: Wachau . Haymon, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-7099-7094-2 .

Fiction

• Alfred , Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-7099-3454-8 .

• Beetle novels

1. Frau Hürsch's villas. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2004, ISBN 978-3-85218-444-9 .
2. The shadow clock. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 978-3-85218-483-8 .
3. Fool winter . Haymon, Innsbruck 2006, ISBN 3-85218-510-6 .
4. Double look . Haymon, Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-85218-556-9 .

• Polt novels

1. Polt has to cry. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 1998, ISBN 978-3-85218-275-9 .
2. Flowers for Polt. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2000, ISBN 978-3-85218-321-3 .
3. Heaven, Polt and Hell. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 978-3-85218-359-6 .
4. Hen party. Novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2003, ISBN 978-3-85218-413-5 .
5. Polt. Detective novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-85218-604-7 .
6. Twelve times Polt. Crime stories . Haymon, Innsbruck 2011, ISBN 978-3-85218-678-8 .
7. Old, but Polt. Detective novel . Haymon, Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3-7099-7177-2 .

Children's books

• Bohumil Blubb and the guardians of the water world . NP, St. Pölten 2004, ISBN 3-85326-284-8 .
• Fly! A sparrow leads through Vienna (Vienna guide for children). Dachs, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85191-314-0 .
• Cat and scratch stories . Edition Arano, Krems 2000, ISBN 3-934429-62-9 .
• The red nose story book. Enchanting fairy tales . G-und-G, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7074-0199-5 .

Audio books

• Polt muss cry , ORF 2002 (3 CDs read by Erwin Steinhauer )
• Flowers for Polt , Preiser Records Vienna, ORF 2003, ISBN 3-7085-0030-X (unabridged, 3 CDs read by Ernst Grissemann , 312 min.)
• Himmel, Polt und Hölle , Preiser Records Vienna, ORF 2003, ISBN 3-7085-0049-0 (unabridged, 3 CDs read by Wolfram Berger , 324 min.)
• Stag evening , Preiser Records Vienna, ORF 2004, ISBN 3-7085-0056-3 (4 CDs read by Alfred Komarek, 265 min.)

Awards

• 1998: Friedrich-Glauser-Preis of the "authors group of German-language crime literature" - the syndicate for 'Polt muss weinen'
• 2002: Romy (best script, together with Julian Pölsler) for Inspector Simon Polt.
• 2011: Great decoration of honor for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
• 2011: Honorary award from the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action
• 2016: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
• 2017: Grand Josef Krainer Prize
• 2017: Lower Austrian Culture Prize - Appreciation Prize in the Literature category

Web links

Commons : Alfred Komarek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Alfred Komarek in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Alfred Komarek
• Literaturhaus Wien: Komarek Alfred
• Buchkritik.at - Alfred Komarek
• ORF customer service - Alfred Komarek
• Alfred Komarek at ServusTV
• Archive recordings with Alfred Komarek in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (literature readings)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Renate Graber: The silence is a holy bitch. Interview with Alfred Komarek. In: The Standard 14./15./16. August 2015, p. 8.
2. ↑ Author Theodora Bauer as TV presenter . Article dated July 27, 2018, accessed September 7, 2018.
3. ↑ Theodora Bauer becomes the new moderator at "literaTOUR" . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
4. ↑ Komarek received honorary award in the courier of November 11, 2011, accessed on November 13, 2011
5. ^ Minister of Culture Ostermayer pays tribute to Alfred Komarek for his multifaceted work . APA notification from January 19, 2016, accessed on January 20, 2016.
6. ^ Bad Aussee: Prize for Alfred Komarek on nachrichten.at from March 17, 2017, accessed on March 17, 2017
7. ↑ Culture Prize Gala in the Festspielhaus St. Pölten . OTS notification dated November 4, 2017, accessed November 4, 2017.