Andreas Tiefenbacher

Andreas Tiefenbacher (born June 20, 1961 in Bad Ischl , Upper Austria ) is a social worker and author .

Tiefenbacher lives in Bad Goisern and Vienna . Since 1988 he has published in cultural and literary magazines such as etcetera , Die Rampe , DUM , "Landstrich" or "Zwischenwelt", in anthologies and on Austrian radio. Since 2001 he has also written literary reviews for “Bücherschau”, Die Furche , kolik , Kulturbericht Oberösterreich, literature and criticism , literaturkritik.de and for the Literaturhaus Wien book magazine . Since 2006 he has published texts for children. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Graz authors' assembly (GAV).

Awards and grants

• Heinrich Gleißner Youth Prize 1987 for short prose
• Ernst and Rosa von Dombrowski Foundation Prize for Literature 1993
• Since 1994 working grants from the State of Upper Austria and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
• 1st prize in the "typical Brigittenau" competition organized by the City of Vienna Regional Office in 1995
• Talent promotion bonus for literature from the state of Upper Austria 1996
• Project grant for children's and youth literature from the literature department in the Austrian Federal Chancellery in 2001
• Residence grant from the Province of Upper Austria for the studio apartment in the "Villa Stonborough-Wittgenstein" in Gmunden 2003
• Residence grant from the state of Upper Austria for the studio in the "Egon Schiele Art Centrum" in Krummau in 2003 and 2004
• Ernst Koref Prize for Literature 2005
• Mira Lobe Scholarship 2008
• Residence grant from the state of Upper Austria for the studio in the "Egon Schiele Art Centrum" in Krummau 2008

Works

• Der Möchtler , Roman, Verlag Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1995 ISBN 9783222123443
• Herzkot , Roman, Verlag Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1997 ISBN 9783222125232
• Christmas tree crash , Roman, Kitab Verlag, Klagenfurt - Vienna 2012 ISBN 9783902585875
• Der Liebesdilettant , Roman, Verlag Wortreich, Vienna 2017 ISBN 9783903091252

literature

• Frank Pilipp: Andreas Tiefenbachers Herzkot: Parody of the anti-homeland novel. In: Modern Austrian Literature . Journal of the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association. Vol. 36, No. 3/4, 2003, pp. 59-77.

Web links

• Literature by and about Andreas Tiefenbacher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Andreas Tiefenbacher at the Graz authors' meeting ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )