Bastian Kresser

Bastian Kresser at a reading

Bastian Kresser (born January 3, 1981 in Feldkirch ) is an Austrian writer.

Life

Bastian Kresser grew up in Götzis in Vorarlberg . He studied English and American studies at the Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck and at the University of Bangor , Wales , where he attended several creative writing workshops.

In 2011, together with Michael Köhlmeier , he translated poems by Wallace Stevens , which were published in 2012 in the poetry anthology “Hellwach, am Rande des Schlaf” by Carl Hanser Verlag . In 2013 his debut novel Ohnedich was published by Limbus in Innsbruck, for which he received the Achensee LiteraTour grant in 2014. In 2016 his novel Piet was also published by Limbus Verlag . His third novel The Other Side was published by Braumüller Verlag in 2019 . The novel deals with the refugee crisis in seven intertwined stories .

Kresser texts appeared in various literary magazines, a. a. Akzente (Munich); Karussell (Wuppertal), mosaik (Vienna), anthology for the 4th Bubenreuth literary competition .

Publications

Novels

Ohnedich , Limbus, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-902534-76-7
Piet , Limbus, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-99039-074-0
The other side , Braumüller, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99200-232-0

Translations

Hellwach, am Rande des Schlaf , Hanser, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3446237551 Poems by Wallace Stevens . Translated by Joachim Sartorius , Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Karin Graf , Michael Köhlmeier and Bastian Kresser.

Awards

2014: achensee.literatour scholarship
2014: Acknowledgment Prize of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale 2014
2019: Shortlist, Alpha Literature Prize
2020: Speech on the radio award for adult education

Web links

Individual evidence

^ ORF: Examples. New literary publications from Austria. "Without you". By Bastian Kresser on oe1.orf.at. April 12, 2013, accessed August 12, 2019 .
^ ORF: Examples of literary new publications from Austria. "Piet". By Bastian Kresser. April 8, 2016, accessed August 12, 2019 .
↑ Radio Stories - New Literature from Austria. "The other side" by Bastian Kresser. June 14, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019 .
↑ 4th Bubenreuth Literature Competition 2018. Accessed on August 12, 2019 .
↑ 22nd Radio Prize, 2019. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kresser, Bastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd January 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Feldkirch

[1] ORF: Examples. New literary publications from Austria. "Without you". By Bastian Kresser on oe1.orf.at. April 12, 2013, accessed August 12, 2019 .

[2] ORF: Examples of literary new publications from Austria. "Piet". By Bastian Kresser. April 8, 2016, accessed August 12, 2019 .

[3] Radio Stories - New Literature from Austria. "The other side" by Bastian Kresser. June 14, 2019, accessed August 12, 2019 .

[4] 4th Bubenreuth Literature Competition 2018. Accessed on August 12, 2019 .

[5] 22nd Radio Prize, 2019. Retrieved on February 5, 2020 .