Alois Hotschnig
Alois Hotschnig (born October 3, 1959 in Berg / Drautal , Carinthia ) is an Austrian writer.
Life
Hotschnig studied medicine (without a degree), German and English (without a degree) at the University of Innsbruck . Since 1989 he has lived as a freelance writer in Innsbruck . He is the author of narrative prose , poems , plays and radio plays .
Hotschnig is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly and the IG Authors Authors .
Awards
- 1989 Literature Promotion Prize of the Province of Carinthia
- 1992 Prize of the State of Carinthia at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt
- 1993 Anna Seghers Prize from the Berlin Academy of the Arts
- 2002 Italo Svevo Prize
- 2002 Art Prize of the City of Innsbruck 1st Prize for Narrative Poetry
- 2003 Austrian Prize for Literature
- 2004 Leopold Figl Prize
- 2004 Residence grant from Villa Concordia in Bamberg
- 2007 Tyrolean State Prize for Art
- 2008 Erich Fried Prize
- 2009 Anton Wildgans Prize
- 2010 work grant at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
- 2011 Gert Jonke Prize (1st prize winner)
Works
- From , story, Frankfurt am Main 1989
- A kind of happiness , narrative, Frankfurt am Main 1990
- Eye cut , radio play
- Leonardo's hands , Roman, Hamburg [a. a.] 1992
- Absolution , Drama, Cologne 1994
- Ludwigs Zimmer , Roman, Cologne 2000
- I stole a person , Bamberg 2005
- This did not calm the children down , 9 Erzählungen, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-462-03685-8 and Innsbruck 2009 ISBN 3-85218-815-6
- It is easier to walk away while sitting , Erzählungen, Cologne 2009, ISBN 3-462-04137-1
literature
- Franziska Waldner: Childhoods in the Country . On the question of their determining factors using the example of Alois Hotschnig's story "Aus", Josef Winkler's novel "Der Ackermann aus Kärnten" and Franz Innerhofer's novel "Schöne Tage". Innsbruck, Univ. Dipl.-Arb. 1992
- Kirsten Kapfinger: The novel "Leonardo's hands" by Alois Hotschnig. The identity of the characters. Innsbruck, Univ. Dipl.-Arb., 1999
- Friederike Gösweiner : Guilt as a complex of motifs in Alois Hotschnig's stories . Innsbruck, Univ. Dipl.-Arb., 2003
- Helmuth Schönauer : lightning and coma . Materials on contemporary Tyrolean literature 2000–2014. Innsbruck, Vienna 2014. pp. 165–166.
- Markus Bundi: About the disappearance of the narrator . An essay on the work of Alois Hotschnig. Innsbruck, Haymon 2015. ISBN 978-3-7099-7171-0 .
Web links
Commons : Alois Hotschnig - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Alois Hotschnig in the catalog of the German National Library
- www.kiwi-verlag.de: Alois Hotschnig
- Brenner Archive, Innsbruck
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of It Is Better When Sitting Down The medication, the doctor and waiting on Deutschlandfunk from January 4, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hotschnig, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd October 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berg im Drautal |