Franz Xaver Hofer

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Franz Xaver Hofer (born November 24, 1942 in Niederwaldkirchen ; † July 9, 2012 in Rainbach im Innkreis ) was an Austrian writer and art connoisseur.

Live and act

Hofer spent his childhood on a farm in Mühlviertel , graduated from high school in Schlierbach Abbey and completed his teacher training in Klagenfurt . From 1966 to 2000 he worked as a teacher. He was a member of the IG Authors Authors and the Graz Authors Authors Assembly .

As a writer, he wrote prose stories , essays , poetry , dramas, and screenplays . He was an author and later also a member of the editorial board of the Upper Austrian literary magazine Die Rampe , in 1980 he and others founded the cultural magazine Landstrich, based in Brunnenthal , where he worked as an editor until his death. From 1998 Hofer and his wife were members of the association, which did a great job renovating Margret Bilger and Hans Joachim Breustedt's home and studio in Taufkirchen an der Pram .

He was married to the painter Helga Hofer from 1972 , had three children and lived in Rainbach from 1976 until his death.

Publications

Texts on the fine arts
stories
  • The cooper's son , Passau, 1985
  • The Centaur , with drawings by Margret Bilger, in: Landstrich, Museum Moderner Kunst Passau, 1991
  • The self-defense of Heracles , Linz, 1993
  • Sigmund or The Voice at the Ear , Aspach, 1999
  • Sigmund or Die Kälte , Passau 2013
Novels
  • Valeries Score , Linz, 1996
  • I will always be a little different from the one I am describing , impressions from childhood and youth, Passau, 2014
  • The Travels of Nico Landmann , Aspach, 2004
Poems
  • Schnee / Seele , Aspach, 1999
  • Flammengrün , with drawings by Helga Hofer, Aspach, 2001
  • Flora - plant portraits, lyrical texts, with pictures by Helga Hofer, Aspach, 2005
  • The I in the open , lyric calendar, with woodcuts by Herbert Friedl , Edition Landstrichextra, Brunnenthal, 2007
  • Leo , poems, Passau 2011
  • Farewell to the eyes , poems, Edition Landstrichextra, Brunnenthal, 2007
Radio plays / scripts
  • Sprachgestört , Linz, 1976, in the context of the federal state competition 1976 directed by Fritz Lehner
  • Orestes - who is that? , Radio play, ORF
  • The death of an apprentice, dramatized story, director: Ferry Bauer , radio play, ORF
Dramas
Articles in the literary magazine Die Rampe
  • The death of an apprentice , narrative, Linz, 1981

Web links

media

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Disturbed speech. In: Web presence of www.film.at, Austria 1977, accessed on February 27, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederwaldkirchen
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2012
Place of death Rainbach im Innkreis