Egon Christian Leitner

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Egon Christian Leitner (* 1961 in Graz ) is an Austrian philosopher and writer .

Life

Egon Christian Leitner studied philosophy and classical philology and worked in nursing and care for the elderly and as a refugee helper.

About the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu , he published the work Bourdieu's intervening science in 2000 . Handling and 2002 protection and defense. Human life and resistance knowledge from Hesiod to Bourdieu , published by Turia + Kant . 2012 was published in Wieser Verlag with man's heart. Welfare state novel his over 1200 pages comprehensive and from the three volumes you never get me alive , fearless inventory and diaries 2004-2011 existing main work so far .

In 2014, Leitner published conversations under the title On the Merry Future , which he had had over several years with the theologian Adolf Holl and which form the first volume in the series Wegege . In 2015 , discussions with Markus Marterbauer , Friedrich Orter and Werner Vogt followed with the second volume in the series On Helping and Welfare or How to Reinvent Politics .

In 2013 he received the Literature Promotion Prize and in 2016 a literature scholarship from the City of Graz. At the invitation of Klaus Kastberger , he read his text Immer im Krieg at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2020 , for which he was awarded the Kelag Prize.

Publications (selection)

  • 2000: Bourdieu's Invasive Science. Handling (ung) en , Turia + Kant, Vienna 2000, ISBN 978-3-85132-261-3
  • 2002: Protection and resistance. Human life and resistance knowledge from Hesiod to Bourdieu , Turia + Kant, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-85132-342-9
  • 2012: The human heart. Social state novel , Wieser-Verlag, Klagenfurt, 2012, ISBN 978-3-99029-002-6
    • Volume 1: You will never get me alive
    • Volume 2: Fearless Inventory
    • Volume 3: Diaries 2004–2011
  • 2014: Come out there. Liberty novel , Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-99029-102-3
  • 2014: To the happy future. Workshop talks with Adolf Holl , Auswege 1, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-99029-123-8
  • 2015: About helping and well-being or How politics can be reinvented and better. Conversations with Markus Marterbauer, Fritz Orter and Werner Vogt , Auswege 2, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-99029-124-5

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Egon Christian Leitner, A. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
  2. ^ Egon Christian Leitner: The human heart. In: bmeia.gv.at. September 30, 2012, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b About the happiness of living in a welfare state. In: kultur.steiermark.at. Retrieved May 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ This year the Bachmann Prize becomes the literary "control center". In: DerStandard.at . May 28, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Bachmann Prize for Helga Schubert. In: bachmannpreis. ORF.at . June 21, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Leitner, Egon Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian philosopher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz