Dirk Ofner
Dirk Ofner (born July 30, 1963 in Kassel ; † November 30, 2008 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian writer and lived in Salzburg. He was a cousin of the educationalist and evangelical author Harald Franz Ofner .
biography
Dirk Ofner was born in Kassel, Germany , in 1963 . He completed a cultural management course at the Art University Linz and lived as a cultural manager, taxi driver and freelance author in Salzburg . He has received travel and work grants from the Austrian federal government and the city and state of Salzburg.
Ofner began to write while still at school. In 1986 he founded the Salzburg literary table , from which the literary magazine erostepost emerged a year later .
Dirk Ofner died in Salzburg in 2008.
Awards
- 1990 Rome grant from the Austrian federal government
- 1993 junior scholarship from the Austrian federal government
- 1997 prose prize of the cities of Brixen and Hall (2nd place)
- 2002 Rauris Promotion Prize
Works
- Simply live , Roman, Edition Pangloss, Wels 2002
- Swept from the edge , short stories, Arovell Verlag , Gosau 2007
Web links
- Literature by and about Dirk Ofner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arovell Verlag Gosau
- Review of Simply living in the Wiener Literaturhaus
- Salzburg literary magazine erostepost
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ofner, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2008 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |