Benno Wintersteller

Benno Wintersteller (born November 17, 1940 in Strobl ; † October 8, 2018 in Wels ) was an Austrian Benedictine of the Kremsmünster Abbey and literary scholar .

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Johann Wintersteller graduated from the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster and then began studying theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo in Rome as well as studying English and German in Salzburg, which he completed with a master's degree in theology and a doctorate. From 1972 to 2005 he was a teacher at the Stiftsgymnasium. He was prefect at the boarding school in Kremsmünster. Wintersteller also worked as a chaplain in Kremsmünster-Kirchberg .

Wintersteller's editions of the complete works of Simon Rettenpacher were created in close cooperation with the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna and the literary scholar Herbert Zeman .

Wintersteller was prior of the Kremsmünster monastery community from 1996 to 2007 . He is also said to have been a confessor and close confidante of the former Konviktdirektor Alfons Mandorfer .

Fonts (selection)

Simon Rettenpacher "German rhyme poems". Dissertation, 1973.
Kremsmünster Abbey. Church leaders. [Photos: Elfriede Mejchar . Text: Benno Wintersteller]. Kremsmünster 1977 and 1984.
(as publisher) Simon Rettenpacher Silvae (I-VI, VII-XII, Latin-German, translation: Walter Zrenner), Vienna 2006.
(as ed.) Simon Rettenpacher Dramen, 2006–2009.

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SURNAME	Winter Teller, Benno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wintersteller, Johann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian religious priest, educator and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strobl
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 2018
Place of death	Wels (city)