Christian Locker
Christian Nikolaus Locker (born April 19, 1963 in Vienna ; † July 11, 2018 there ) was an Austrian writer and painter .
Life
Locker studied philosophy and history at the University of Vienna . From 1984 to 1988 he wrote columnist stories for the Wiener Journal and the literary magazine Wespennest (No. 79). Since 1992 he has been a freelance painter and farmer and forester .
Act
Through intensive occupation with Martin Haidinger's textbook From the guillotine to lethal injection. Facts cases misjudgments. Locker began the story of the death penalty in 2009 with the writing of his extensive novel Simply Everyone , who is set in a contemporary Austria, where the death penalty and even the most cruel medieval methods of execution still exist. The book deals with the subjects of euthanasia , guilt and responsibility and deals with the subject of fate or conspiracy theories. The real issue, however, is the indispensable indictment of the death penalty.
The novel, When does the coziness end? , is a psychogram of his hometown Vienna and its theme is the Austrian's longing for the past for something like an emperor .
In the third novel IM BERG (L) , which is set in an idyllic spot in the Rax-Schneeberg region, the omnipotence of the EU, which reaches into the furthest corners, is targeted. In flashbacks, Austria's search for identity in the first days of the Second Republic is examined.
A school class serves in the satirical novel Set! Not enough! as a parable for a closed society from which there is no escape. Even beyond physical death, the protagonists remain stuck to their fate. However, the question constantly arises whether there can be death in the philosophical sense at all.
The fact that parallel worlds can exist side by side is discussed in the novel The Gallows Bird Shot . And because the assassination attempt of Sarajevo on the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este in 1914 did not take place in one of these worlds , the Habsburgs still rule in today's Austria .
Locker's sixth novel Unnecessary Austria was published in April 2018 . In this Locker referred to his previous publications. In the work he satirically describes an Austria of the future caught between national pride and cosmopolitanism. The Federal Chancellor has fled, the Interior Minister is sitting in the old people's home and the capital Vienna no longer exists.
His last work, the crime novel ZEITIG - The Zerner case , was also published in 2018 . A famous philosopher is shot dead in front of witnesses in a cafe in Vienna. The participants find themselves one after the other in the past. Against the surreal background of a Gödel universe, contemporary history and philosophy merge into an exciting scenario.
Publications
- Simply everyone , edition art libre 2011, ISBN 3-901209-17-4 or ISBN 978-3-901209-17-8
- When does the coziness end? , edition art libre 2012, ISBN 978-3-901209-18-5
- Im Berg (l) , edition art libre 2013, ISBN 978-3-901209-19-2
- Put! Not enough! , Edition Roesner 2015, ISBN 978-3-903059-05-4
- Shot down the gallows bird , Edition Roesner 2016, ISBN 978-3-903059-09-2
- Unnecessary Austria , Edition Roesner 2018, ISBN 978-3-903059-69-6
- In time. Detective novel - The Zerner case , Edition Roesner 2018, ISBN 978-3-903059-63-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Locker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Event announcement regarding the auctioning of the cover picture of “Simply Everyone” for the benefit of Amnesty International
- Article about Christian Locker in the Wiener Bezirkszeitung
- Review of Simply Everyone in the Courier
- Review of Simply Everyone in the Wiener Zeitung
- Review of When does the coziness end? in the courier
- Review of Im Berg (l) in the Kurier
- Review of Put! Not enough! in the Wiener Zeitung
- Review of The Gallows Bird shot down in the courier
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Christian-Nikolaus-Locker-1974262695941435/
- ↑ Who was Paphnutius Yellow?
- ^ Christian Locker: Unnecessary Austria. Retrieved April 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Locker, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Locker, Christian Nikolaus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th July 2018 |
| Place of death | Vienna |