Bruno Jaschke
Bruno Jaschke (born October 19, 1958 in Irdning / Styria ) is an Austrian writer and journalist . He works for Wiener Zeitung and the media magazine Extradienst .
Life
Bruno Jaschke was a long-time employee of the culture magazines skug and The Gap , the Wirtschaftswoche / Wochenpresse , the Arbeiter-Zeitung and the Ö3 book broadcast Seitenweise , editor at Gangan Verlag and meanwhile employee of Standard . Jaschke also published articles in profil , Falter and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others . In addition to his journalistic work, he runs the literary project Die Drei with the pianist, author and entertainer Béla Koreny and Johannes Knöbl , in which the three authors consider and describe a certain topic from different perspectives. Jaschke is married to the painter Tamara Starl-Latour and lives in Vienna . His circle of friends includes the violinist Julian Rachlin and the British actor Roger Moore . In addition, he was known to the Austrian cabaret artist Gerhard Bronner until his death in 2007 . His literary favorites include Robert Walser , Daniil Charms , Vladimir Nabokov and David Foster Wallace .
Literary work
Jaschke's preferred genre is satire . Most of his texts are carried by sarcasm , which, at first glance malicious, is intended to give the viewer a differentiated perspective on a wide variety of topics. His "black humor" is reflected in an unpretentious language, operates disrespectfully with human vanities and abysses, and acts within societal inadequacies, but does not necessarily pursue socially critical intentions. In Jaschke's writing, his tendency towards self- irony is always visible.
His 2003 debut novel In Truth Is It Worthy and Right (Edition Innsalz) is a parody of the Austrian media world, but also targets the Austrians themselves. In biting, often sloppy language, Jaschke describes the relationship between an all-powerful media tsar (referred to in the book as “the editor”) and his dog, which is loved above all. The “editor” can implicitly find his real equivalent in Hans Dichand , the editor of the Kronen Zeitung , one of the highest-circulation papers in the Austrian media landscape. In 2004 Jaschke published Fear not (Edition Innsalz), a collection of Christmas short stories. This book, designed as a literary Advent calendar, contains 24 stories about Christmas. The work does not see itself as a flat criticism of pre-Christmas consumption and forced reflection, but rather depicts bizarre incidents in Jaschke's ironic, malicious style against a Christmas background. In autumn 2007, Adventträume (Edition Garamond) was a sequel with new stories on this topic. Both books were illustrated by his wife, the Viennese artist Tamara Starl-Latour . In 2010 Jaschke published the collection of short stories Catastrophes ( Arovell Verlag ), in 2014 the prose volume Im Arsch daheim (Arovell Verlag).
Works
- In truth it is worthy and right. Novel. Edition Innsalz, 2003, ISBN 3-901535-75-6 .
- Do not be afraid. 24 stories for Christmas. Edition Innsalz, 2004. (with illustrations by Tamara Starl-Latour ), ISBN 3-900050-22-8 .
- Advent dreams. Christmas stories a little different. Edition Garamond, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85306-036-0 .
- Disasters. Stories. Arovell Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-902-54706-4 .
- In the ass at home. Prose. Arovell Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-902-80859-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bruno Jaschke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Review of Don't Be Afraid
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaschke, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irdning |