Ercüment Aytaç

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Ercüment Aytaç (born March 8, 1965 in Sivas ) is an Austrian writer of Turkish origin.

Life

Ercüment Aytaç was born in Sivas in 1965 and has lived in Austria since 1981. He graduated from high school in Salzburg and then moved to Vienna , where he first started his studies at the Technical University of Vienna .

Artistic work

Aytaç is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly and the Podium literary group . In 1994 he published his first novel in Istanbul. A little later, in 1996, a volume of stories followed. Aytaç's novel was set to music on WDR. This was followed by various publications of essays and short prose in Austria (including literature and criticism, podium, freeboard), Germany (including Intertaz), Romania, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA, readings and performances in Austria, Germany (including Frankfurter Literaturhaus), USA (Nuyorican Poets Café), Turkey and several times on ORF. He also designed text representations in the Wiener Lichtzeile, audio works and an Internet exhibition for the ORF Kunstradio. He has received numerous awards and prizes.

In 2016 the work Dunya burns was published ; it is about the flight experience of a 12-year-old Syrian girl.

Awards

  • 1996 Audience Award at the Word Up Literature Festival Vienna
  • 1996 Vienna Workshop Prize (3rd Prize)
  • 1996/97 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
  • 1997 Working grant from the BMWVK for multimedia
  • 1997 Author funding from the City of Vienna
  • 1997 Literature Prize from the City of Vienna's Department of Culture for writing between cultures
  • 1998 work grant from the BKA art section for literature
  • 1998 Authors' grant from the City of Vienna

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ercüment Aytac. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Grazer Authors Author Assembly - MEMBERS. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Ercüment Aytac. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Grazer Authors Author Assembly - MEMBERS. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Life does not always have a happy ending. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Super User: Prize Winner. Retrieved January 22, 2020 (German).
  7. ↑ Grazer Authors Author Assembly - MEMBERS. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Grazer Authors Author Assembly - MEMBERS. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .
  9. ↑ About the author. Retrieved January 22, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Aytaç, Ercüment
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer of Turkish origin
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Sivas