Christoph Janacs
Christoph Janacs (born October 4, 1955 in Linz ) is an Austrian writer .
Life
Christoph Janacs studied German and theology at the Universities of Innsbruck and Salzburg . He worked as a lecturer at the University of Salzburg and as head of writing workshops . In 1992 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Janacs lives today in Niederalm near Salzburg .
Christoph Janacs is the author of narrative prose , essays and especially poems; he also translates from English and Spanish .
Christoph Janacs is a member of the IG authors 'authors and the Graz authors' assembly . Some of his works were published in the St. Georgs-Presse by Ottmar Premstaller in St. Georgen an der Gusen .
Prizes and awards
- 1988 Prize for the Rauris Literature Prize ,
- 1992 Salzburg Stefan Zweig Prize
- 1999 Brixen-Hall prose prize
- 2003 Salzburg Poetry Prize .
Works
- Silence about Guernica , Roman, Salzburg 1989
- The Disappearance of the Gaze , Stories, Salzburg 1991
- Nichtung , Lyrik, Ottensheim / Donau 1992
- Stazione Termini , Stories, Salzburg 1992
- The Absent Look , Lyrik, Weitra 1996
- Templo Mayor , Lyrik, St. Georgen an der Gusen 1998
- Brunnennacht , Lyrik, St. Georgen an der Gusen 1999
- Šumava , Lyrik, Baden near Vienna 2000
- Tras la ceniza , Poetry, México 2000
- Aztec Summer , Roman, Linz [a. a.] 2001
- Outside the night within us , Lyrik, Vienna 2002
- The song of the coyote , stories, Innsbruck 2002
- Meteorites , aphorisms, St. Georgen an der Gusen 2004
- Owls , prose poem, St. Georgen an der Gusen 2006
- Unrelated to the shadow , poetry, St. Georgen an der Gusen 2006
- Key stories, short stories, Weitra 2007
- the uncertainty of the barque , Lyrik, Gosau 2008
- The look of the iguana , stories, Weitra 2017
- Lots of skulls , 10 short stories, 1 radio play; Edition Tandem: Salzburg / Vienna 2018
Editing
- Dives , Gosau 2004
- Inexorable gentleness , Gosau [u. a.] 2005
Web links
- http://www.janacs.at/
- http://www.literaturhaus.at/autoren/J/C-Janacs/bio.html
- http://www.literaturnetz.at/salzburg/projekte/uni1/janacs.shtml
- Arovell Publishing House
- Author information from the literary magazine Lyrikwelt
- Literature by and about Christoph Janacs in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Christoph Janacs by Fritz Popp for the Upper Austrian literary history of the StifterHaus
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Janacs, Christoph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |