Alfred Paul Schmidt
Alfred Paul Schmidt (born March 31, 1941 as Alfred Schmidt in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .
Alfred Paul Schmidt grew up with various foster parents in Austrian villages. He broke off an apprenticeship as an agricultural engineer , which he had started after leaving high school in 1957. After attending a middle school for workers , he made up his Matura in 1967 and studied double bass for a short time at the Graz Conservatory . This was followed by studies of sociology and education in Gothenburg and Vienna, which he also did not finish. After doing various odd jobs, he has lived as a freelance writer in Graz since 1975 .
Alfred Paul Schmidt's early narrative works are characterized by the extensive renunciation of conventional, linear storylines and by the excessive use of humorous and parodic means in the description of a chaotic reality. In later works Schmidt approached more traditional storytelling techniques and genres such as the detective novel . In addition to his prose works , he has written numerous radio plays , plays and, since 1986, television scripts , a. a. for episodes of the crime series Tatort , Eurocops , Peter Strohm and Stockinger produced by ORF .
Awards and grants
- 1974 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- 1983 Austrian drama scholarship
- 1987 Austrian drama scholarship
- 1992 Literature Prize of the State of Styria
Works
- Best hunted Spengler , Frankfurt am Main 1971 (under the name Alfred Schmidt)
- When the language was still silent , Vienna 1974
- The Coming of Johnnie Ray , Vienna 1976
- Business with Charlie , Vienna [ao] 1977
- With both feet in the air , Stuttgart [among others] 1977
- Five fingers in the wind , Vienna [among others] 1978
- Affentheater , Vienna [ao] 1980
- Double stillbirth , Vienna 1982
- Der Sonntagsvogel , Salzburg [ao] 1982
- Der wüsten Atem , Vienna [ao] 1984
- Just a gigolo , Klagenfurt 1989
- Before the second sentence , Graz [ua] 1992
- Death lurks behind the skin , Vienna [et al.] 1993
- Beograd-Poker , Vienna 1994
- Job second class , Vienna 1995
- In the Silence of the Night , Vienna 1995
- A light breeze , Vienna 1999
- The other yesterday , Graz 2010
- Neighbor Death , Graz 2013
- From the limitless I come towards myself , Graz 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Paul Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schmidt, Alfred Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |