Folke Tegetthoff

Folke Tegetthoff (born February 13, 1954 as Folke Gillming in Graz ) is an Austrian writer and narrator.

Life

Folke Tegetthoff, who took his last name in memory of his relative, the Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff , studied medicine and education for several semesters .

From 1977 to 1978 Tegetthoff stayed in Spain and then from 1978 to 1979 in Hamburg. In 1979 his first book ( The Beautiful Dragon ) was published; at the same time he made his first appearance as a storyteller. Since then, Tegetthoff has had more than 4,000 guest performances as a narrator on all continents. Guest appearances have taken him to the universities of Al-Ahzar in Cairo , University of Jerusalem , Sophia University in Tokyo and Stanford University in San Francisco.

In his fairy tales, Tegetthoff combines classic elements with a new fairy tale style. He writes for children as well as for young people, but his main focus is on fairy tales for adults. Were known love fairy tales , just sold 300,000 times in German-speaking, herbal fairy tale , fable land of ice - a tale diary

In 2012 his first non-fiction book How to be happy in 3 seconds was published. Handbook for Realizing Dreams , based on his narrative lecture The School of Listening .

By 2014, 42 books had been published with a total print run of around 1.4 million copies. Translations have been made into numerous European and non-European languages.

Tegetthoff lives with his wife Astrid and their four children in a former monastery in southern Styria and in Piran (Slovenia). He is the brother of the singer Jonny Hill .

Conceptionist

In June 1997 the idea of ​​creating the first theme park on the subject of hearing arose in the monastery garden of Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing : SounTopia - Land of Sound and Music . From then until 2002 Tegetthoff devoted himself exclusively to the realization of this project.

• 1999: Founding of Wonderworld of Music (WWoM) GmbH.
• 2000: Sale of 80% of the shares to investors (Siemens, Telekom, STRABAG-Bauholding AG and 5 private investors).
• 2000: Four-month study visit to the USA to develop the first master plan with one of the world's best project developers Jack Rouse (Cincinnati).
• 2002: Signing of the contract for a property near Salzburg.
• 2002: Takeover of 90% of the shares in WWoM GmbH. through STRABAG BAUHOLDING, 10% still Folke Tegetthoff.
• 2002: Order to design an adventure facility for a castle in Upper Austria.
• 1990: Foundation of Edition Neues Märchen Verlags GmbH.
• 1995: Founding of Wonderworld LLC, Louisville, KY, USA.
• 2002: Founding of Wonderworld of Words GmbH. (as a 100% subsidiary of Edition Neues Märchen GmbH., which from now on only acts as a legal management company).

Awards

In 2014 he became the book favorite in the audio book category for Was ich alles kann. A musical fairytale journey around the world was awarded.

Others

In 1986, the world's first archive of his work was opened at Murray State University in Kentucky . Academic papers on his work have appeared in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

In 1997 Tegetthoff founded Wonder World LLC , USA - Fantasy Company. This is responsible for the international marketing of his ideas and projects such as the theme park project: "SounTopia - Land of Sound and Music".

Tegetthoff is the organizer of the storytelling festival, fabelhaft! Niederösterreich , which has been taking place every year since 2007 (successor festival to Grazerzähle ).

In 2007 he designed the Linz Klangwolke with his concept "Six Tales of Time" .

Works

Books

• The beautiful dragon , Spectrum Verlag, Stuttgart 1979
• 13 and 1 , Herold Verlag, Stuttgart 1979
• The Schlabberschlobbs , Spectrum Verlag, Stuttgart 1980
• One day it wasn't like that anymore ... , Horizon Press, Graz 1980
• Joki and his friends , Mangold Verlag, Graz 1980
• Like a gift on the palm of your hand - Liebesmärchen , Spectrum Verlag, 1981
• Pan Tau Volume 1 , Schneider Verlag, Munich 1986
• Pan Tau Volume 2 , Schneider Verlag, Munich 1986
• All the adventures of Pan Tau , Schneider Verlag, Munich 1986
• The red-white-red cloud ship , Bundesverlag, Vienna ed. 1986
• From my dwarf , Schneider Verlag, Munich 1986
• When fairy tale witches are witches , Schneider Verlag, Munich 1987
• Der Mühlenelf , Schneider Verlag - ARD 1987
• When giants love , Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 1988
• Herbal Tales Volume 1 , Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 1988
• Herbal Tales Volume 2 , Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 1989
• The fairytale masked ball , Mangold Verlag, Graz 1989
• Der Kaufmann , Mangold Verlag, Graz 1989
• God is at home everywhere , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1990
• Fairy tale letters, ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1990
• Fairy tales , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1990
• Nesch-Nesch , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1990 (transl.)
• All herbal tales, ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1991
• Travel fairy tale , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1991
• Electronic fairy tale , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1991
• Katja and the Ghosts , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1992
• Love fairy tales , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1992
• Pan Tau Collection , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1993
• Politicians tell fairy tales , ENEM GmbH, St. Georgen 1993, ed.
• Liebesmärchen , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994
• Travel fairy tale , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994
• Herbal Tales , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994
• God is at home everywhere , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994
• From my dwarf , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1994
• Fairy tale letters , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1995
• All fairy tales , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1995
• The fabulous land of ice , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1995
• Till and Hodscha , Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1996
• Liebesmärchen , Nymphenburger, Munich 1997
• Der Mühlenelf , Lenz Verlag, Munich 1997
• Herbal Tales , Nymphenburger, Munich 1998
• Liebesmärchen , TB Knaur 1999
• Tales from Heaven , Nymphenburger, Munich 2002
• The most beautiful fairy tales , Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna / Munich 2004
• New fairy tales for Europe , Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna / Munich 2004
• New herb fairy tales , Nymphenburger, Munich 2005
• Roberto Spazzo. G & D Verlag, Vienna 2007
• The true fairy tale of a princely house. Esterhazy, 2007
• A fairy tale of nature. Lenzing, 2008
• Pan dew. Ravensburger Verlag, 2009
• The tree of life. KWB, 2009
• The admiration of the world. Haymon Verlag, 2009
• All the best. Haymon Verlag, 2011
• What I can do, says the cow. Annette Betz Verlag, 2011
• "How to Be Happy in 3 Seconds - A Guide to Realizing Dreams." Haymon TB Verlag, 2012
• "Legends from Lower Austria - Reloaded" Tyrolia Verlag, 2014
• Meat, where are you from? 2017

Recordings

CD / MC

• The storyteller , Ariola, 1996
• The magic ball , Ariola, 1996
• All fairy tales , Ariola, 1996
• The mill elf , ENEM GmbH, 1998
• Fabelland des Iis , ENEM GmbH, 2001
• Thirteen , Casinos Austria, 2004
• The most beautiful fairy tales , Complete Media, Munich 2005
• New love tales for Europe , Complete Media, Munich 2005
• Liebesmärchen , Complete Media, Munich 2005
• Six tales of time , Linzer Klangwolke 2007
• Herbal Tales , Langenmüller, 2007
• How to be happy in 3 seconds , edition O, 2013
• The most beautiful holiday stories , edition O, 2013
• The most beautiful Advent stories , edition O, 2013
• Most school stories , edition O, 2013
• Nö Sagen reloaded , Tyrolia Audiobook, 2014

VIDEO / DVD

• The fairy tale is alive! , SR Video, 1989
• Graz tells 1998 , ENEM GmbH, 1998
• Graz tells 1999 , ENEM GmbH, 1999
• Graz tells 2000 , ENEM GmbH, 2000
• Graz tells 2001 , Steiermark 1, 2001
• Naked fairy tale , DVD WoW, 2004
• The Long Night of the Storytellers, DVD SalondeLuxe, 2006

Projects (selection)

• The Piran Concept, idea, concept, text. Touristic Storytelling Concept for the Slovenian coast region, 2013
• Med research, idea, concept. Fund-raising and marketing concept. MedUni Graz, 2014
• MAGIC OF VOICES, idea, concept, text and language. Listening experience for infotainment centers in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, 2013
• VULCANA - Concept, text & language Introductory video for the first VULCANO ham world, 2012
• BERGSOMMER - storytelling concept, text, Tirol Tourismus, 2010
• FORUM LESEN - Operating concept for a Lower Austrian reading competence center in 2009
• SIX TALES OF TIME - The Linz Klangwolke 2007
• SounTopia - Land of Sound and Music: The world's first theme park on the subject of music and sound
• Gössl: corporate strategy for the most renowned traditional costume manufacturer in Austria
• Kunsthaus Graz: Fairy Tales & Performance for the laying of the foundation stone in March 2002
• Heaven over Vienna: planetary fairy tales and performance as part of the Vienna Easter sound
• The long night of the storytellers: Fairytale Festival 1988–1996
• GRAZERZÄHLT: Europe's largest storytelling festival 1997-2006
• Fabulous! Lower Austria: Continuation of the storytelling festival 2007 -
• Kapt'n Kano: Development and implementation of a creative children's program (magazine & performance) for the largest Austrian bank, BANK AUSTRIA
• World tour of fairy tales: Longest and most extensive tour in literary history from 1982-1984
• Edition Neues Märchen Verlags GmbH .: Founding of a publishing house, first publishing house worldwide with a main sponsor (APPLE Computer, from 1990-1992)

Web links

• Literature by and about Folke Tegetthoff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Folke Tegetthoff in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Homepage Tegetthoff
• Homepage fabulous! LOWER AUSTRIA
• Audio samples

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Jonny Hill: Jonny Hill - very private: "Call Teddy Bear 1-4" and other stories. Joy Edition, Heimsheim 2014 (e-book), chapter “My Siblings”.
2. ↑ www.tegetthoff.at (accessed on July 21, 2012).
3. ↑ Die Buchlieblinge 2014 ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 21, 2015.