Erich Demmer

Erich Demmer (* 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian Germanist, writer, journalist and critical songwriter .

Demmer studied psychology and then German at the University of Vienna . He received his doctorate (Dr. phil.) 1986 on the subject of "A Fratricide" and its consequences. About the literary treatment of an infantile experience in Franz Kafka's stories and interpreted in it the basic mood of Kafka's work as a result of the poet's feeling of guilt in the face of the early death of his brothers (especially Georgs). During his studies, Demmer was a co-founder of the Folk Club Atlantis in Vienna and in 1974 of the Keif cabaret (with Erwin Steinhauer ), later an editor for the Arbeiter-Zeitung and a freelance author. Among other things, he released the record "Ollas gaunz aundas" in 1981 (on the label Extraplatte ).

Publications (selection)

• Comments on Ernst Hinterberger. Little People (1989). In: Land books of Austrian literature since 1945. First delivery, ed. v. Klaus Kastberger and Kurt Neumann. 10th vol. 14th Vienna: Paul Zsolnay Verlag 2007, p. 84 f.
• Conversation with Ernst Hinterberger and Erich Demmer. In: Land books of Austrian literature since 1945. First delivery, ed. v. Klaus Kastberger and Kurt Neumann. 10. Vol. 14. Vienna: Paul Zsolnay Verlag 2007, pp. 95-97
• (Ed.): Umgevolktes Österreich. Satires against xenophobia. Vienna, Promedia Verlagsgemeinschaft 1993, ISBN 3900478643

literature

• Philipp Maurer: Thank you, you are alive: critical songs from Vienna, 1968-1983 , Vienna 1987, ÖBV, especially p. 100 and 119

Web links

• Documentary about musical and writing activities
• Interview with Erich Demmer about Viennese pop music, 1st part , 2nd part and 3rd part in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library