Friedrich Zauner

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Friedrich Ch. Zauner (born September 19, 1936 in Rainbach im Innkreis ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Zauner has lived and worked as a freelance writer in Rainbach (Innkreis) since 1965 and is considered one of the most important contemporary Austrian authors . In his great romantic tale “The End of Eternity” he treats the great social upheaval that ushered in a turning point in the middle of the last century from the perspective of a small Innviertel village. The German weekly newspaper Die Zeit describes the novel as one of the most important works of contemporary literature.

In addition, Zauner is also successful as a dramatist , his plays were premiered at the Landestheater Linz , the Schauspielhaus Graz , the Landestheater Salzburg , the Volkstheater Vienna , as well as on various German and Swiss theaters. They are re-enacted and successfully performed in translations in numerous foreign-language theaters. For example, "Spuk", for the first time at the Landestheater Linz, was played en suite in the Spanish translation by the Teatro Granero in Mexico City for over two years .

A particularly ambitious project are the Rainbach Gospel Games, which began extremely successfully in 2004 with the piece “Passion”. Friedrich Ch. Zauner is President of Upper Austria. PEN clubs, winner of the state culture award for literature and honorary citizen of his home community Rainbach.

Works (selection)

Books

  • The end of eternity . Edition 'History of Homeland', Grünbach 1992–1996
  1. In the shadow of the molehills , Roman, 1992, ISBN 3-900943-14-1 .
  2. And the fish are mute , novel, 1993, ISBN 3-900943-15-X .
  3. Fruits from the Taubenbaum , Roman, 1994, ISBN 3-900943-16-8 .
  4. Heiser wie Dohlen , Roman, 1996, ISBN 3-900943-39-7 .

Plays

  • Spuk , premiere 'Landestheater Linz', 1971
  • Kobe Beef , WP 'Experiment am Lichtenwerd', as part of the 'Wiener Festwochen', 1973
  • Fiction , WP 'Schauspielhaus Graz', 1975
  • In from outside , premiere 'Theater im Zentrum Wien', 1976
  • Deserters , premiere 'Theater am Zytglogge Bern', 1977
  • Report , WP 'Literature in the Spotlight Linz', 1982
  • Menschenskinder , premiere 'Landestheater Salzburg', 1980
  • Kidnapping , premiere 'Landestheater Salzburg', 1981
  • Ypsilon , WP 'Theater bei Auersperg', as part of the 'Wiener Festwochen', 1985
  • Every day evening , premiere 'Landestheater Linz', 1989
  • Mirakel Mirakel , WP 'Graumanntheater Wien', 1991
  • U for X , UA 'Spotlight Pucking', 1995
  • The Rise of Regina G. , premiere 'Volkstheater Wien', 1996
  • No offense , premiere 'Jugendbühne zeitlos Eferding', 2000
  • Abraham and Isaak , Turkish by Selcuk Ünlü, Ibrahim ve Ishak, UA 'Tiyatro Bülümü Konya', 2000
  • Passion , WP 'The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2004
  • Signs and Miracles , WP 'Die Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2005
  • John the Baptist , premiere 'The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2006
  • The grave is empty , premiere 'Die Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2007
  • Job , WP 'The Rainbach Gospel Games', 2009
  • Ruth , WP 'The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2010
  • Abraham in exile in Egypt , premiere 'Die Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2011
  • King David , WP 'The Rainbach Gospel Games', 2012
  • By Jakob, Josef and his brothers , premiere 'Die Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2013
  • Tamar , WP 'The Rainbach Gospel Games', 2014
  • Interrogation , WP 'TG Biedenkopf, Schloss Biedenkopf', 2014
  • Esther , UA 'The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele', 2015

Radio plays

  • Spuk , NDR Hamburg, 1970
  • Death zone , ORF Linz, 1971
  • Shops, shops, shops , ORF Linz, 1972
  • Hundstage , WDR Cologne, 1973
  • Resignation , SR Saarbrücken, 1974
  • Job for Kutschera , ORF Linz, 1975
  • Zwutschkerl , BR Munich, 1976
  • Deserters , DRS Bern, 1976
  • Finish line , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1971
  • Report , SDR Stuttgart, 1978
  • Up in the forest with these people , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1978
  • Land , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1978
  • Calls , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1980
  • The discovery of Mr. Kalander , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1981
  • harisma , ORF Ö1 Vienna, 1985
  • Katz im Sack , ORF Linz and BR Munich, 1987
  • Hostage-taking , ORF Linz, 1992
  • Won , ORF Linz, 1994
  • Spalle al muro, Italian by Flavia Foradini , RTSI Lugano and RAI 2 Rome, 1995
  • Grothum House , ORF Linz, 2000
  • Nekrolog , ORF Linz, 2000
  • The examination , ORF Linz, 2003

Movies

  • Job for Kutschera , ORF Vienna, 1975
  • Closed for renovation , ZDF Mainz, 1976
  • Im Sauwald , ORF Vienna, 1977
  • Land and people on the Inn , ORF Vienna, 1979
  • The Upper Austrian Danube , ORF Vienna, 1979
  • Human children , recording by the Salzburg State Theater, ORF Vienna, 1980
  • The Mondseeland , ORF Vienna, 1981
  • Upper Austria in flight , ORF Vienna, 1985
  • Xander Vrüpp does business , ORF Vienna, 1984
  • Xander Vrüpp gives an example , ORF Vienna, 1985
  • Xander Vrüpp does business , ORF Vienna, 1986
  • Up there in the forest with these people , novel adaptation, ARD, SFB Berlin, 1990
  • St. Peter, the disappeared village , film feature, Pro omnia Linz, 1997

Musical works

  • When he knocked, the one with his bony hand , Requiem, composer Fridolin Dallinger , UA 'Minoriten Wels', 2004
  • Das ist mein Land , cantata for soprano, speaker, mixed choir and orchestral groups, composer Gunter Waldek, premier 'Jahnhalle Ried', 1998
  • Passion , based on texts by Friedrich Ch. Zauner for mixed choir, organ and percussion ad libitum, composer Marco Lemke, 2002

CDs and DVDs

  • This is my country , cantata, text by Friedrich Ch. Zauner, using poems by Roswitha Zauner, music by Gunter Waldek, recorded by 'Landesmusikdirektion Linz', 1998
  • Head pieces , portrait Friedrich Ch.Zauner, production 'peter buluj Film' Linz, 2005
  • Zauner reads Zauner, Up there in the forest with these people , 'MMStudio H. Wiesinger', 1999
  • Zauner reads Zauner, In the shadow of the molehills , 'MMStudio H. Wiesinger', 2000
  • The end of eternity , nine compositions on the romantic tetralogy of the same name, composition and guitar Josef Redinger, 'PAO Records Diersbach', 2002
  • King David , recording of the performance of the Rainbach Gospel Games by 'LRP STUDIOS Ried', 2012

Awards

Secondary literature, dissertations and diploma theses

  • Gerald Rettenegger: “The end of eternity. On the novel cycle by Friedrich Ch. Zauner “ , 'Stein Maßl-Verlag', Grünbach 2002, ISBN 3-900943-96-6 .
  • Gérard Thiériot: “La Heimat à l'épreuve de Dieu: les drames religieux de l'Autrichien Friedrich Ch. Zauner” , in: “Heimat. La petite patrie dans les pays de langue allemande ”, Actes du 40e congrès de l'AGES, François Genton et al. (to you.); Chroniques allemandes n ° 13 - 2009, 'CERAAC, Université Stendhal' - Grenoble 3, Grenoble 2010.
  • Emmerich Schierhuber: “Friedrich Ch. Zauner. His life and his dramatic work until 1981 ” , dissertation 'University of Vienna' 1984
  • Ayşe Tezci: “The solidarity among the people in the novel 'Up there in the forest with these people' by Friedrich Ch. Zauner” , diploma thesis 'Selçuk University Konya' 1994
  • Bilgin Ilyasoğlu: “The consideration of art in Friedrich Ch. Zauner's novel Charade” , diploma thesis 'Selçuk University Konya' 1995
  • Walter Kohl (editor): “The ramp - booklets for literature. Portrait 96. Friedrich Ch. Zauner. ” , Rudolf Trauner Verlag, Linz 1996, ISBN 3-85320-774-X .
  • Univ. Prof. Selçuk Ünlü: "Friedrich Ch. Zauner'in Romanlarinda Ilişki Krizi" - Relationship crisis in Friedrich Ch. Zauner's novels, scientific treatise, 'Verlag Damla Turkey' 1996
  • Selçuk Ünlü, Ed .: “Collected works on Friedrich Ch. Zauner of the German Department at Selçuk University Konya” , 'RADAR Konya' 1999
  • Salih Özenici: “The village in Friedrich Ch. Zauner's romantic tetralogy The End of Eternity” , dissertation 'Selçuk University Konya' 1999
  • Gerald Rettenegger: "The End of Eternity" , a cycle of novels by Friedrich Ch. Zauner, "Edition Geschichte der Heimat", Grünbach 2002
  • Pindelski: "The End of Eternity" , reviews and reactions about Friedrich Ch. Zauner's Opus Magnum, 'Ennsthaler Verlag', Steyr, 2002
  • Univ. Prof. Dr. Selçuk Ünlü: “Studies on the epic work of Fr. Ch. Zauner” , 'RADAR Konya' 2002
  • Alfred Pittertschatscher: "The life force of an age does not lie in its harvest, but in its sowing" Laudation, published by the 'Kulturverein Heinrich Gleißner Haus Linz' 2003
  • Pindelski: "Friedrich Ch. Zauner From his life, anecdotes - stories - curiosities from 1936 to 1965" , 'Ennsthaler Verlag', Steyr, 2005
  • Christine Wiener: "Images of women in Friedrich Ch. Zauner's romantic tetralogy The End of Eternity" , diploma thesis 'University of Innsbruck' 2006
  • Hans Würdinger, Ed .: “The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele A theater with a difference” , 'Ennsthaler Verlag', Steyr, 2007
  • Pindelski: "Selected, heard, unheard-of about Friedrich Ch. Zauner, found pieces from 1965 to 1996" , 'Ennsthaler Verlag', Steyr, 2008
  • Manuela Kloibmüller: "The Rainbacher Evangelienspiele, an investigation into the development and implementation of a theater project in rural areas" , diploma thesis 'University of Vienna' 2008
  • Meinir Edmunds: “More than a village history: A Study and Assessment of Friedrich Ch. Zauner's Tetralogy The End of Eternity” , dissertation 'Bangor University Wales' 2010
  • Ayşe Yaçın: “The outsider in the great stories of Friedrich Ch. Zauner” , thesis 'Selçuk University Konya' 2010
  • Gürol Zeyrek: “Alienation in Friedrich Ch. Zauner's novels” , diploma thesis 'Selçuk University Konya' 2010
  • Peter Pabisch: "Molehill, pigeon tree and a Honda, interviews with Friedrich Ch. Zauner and Roswitha Zauner on their literary work" (DVD attached), collaboration with Pamela Castaldi and Leslie Sandoval Language Learning Center, 'The University of New Mexico' in Albuquerque, universitas international series, 'morgenroth media', Munich, 2012
  • Peter Pabisch: "Full of expectation, text and sketches for Friedrich Ch. Zauner's Von Jakob, Josef and his Brothers" , bilingual edition German - English, serie universitas international, 'morgenroth media', Munich, 2014
  • Seval Erdoğan: “Friedrich Christian Zauner's The End of Eternity as a Family Novel” , Master's thesis 'Necmettin Erbakan University', Selçuklu, Turkey 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Zauner, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zauner, Friedrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Rainbach im Innkreis , Austria