Günther Friday

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Günther Friday

Günther Freitag (born February 29, 1952 in Feldkirch ) is an Austrian writer from the area of ​​the " Forum Stadtpark " in Graz . He grew up in Graz, where he studied German and history (graduated in 1975). Since then he has lived in Leoben , where he also worked as a secondary school teacher.

Awards and honors

  • 1983 Literature Promotion Prize of the Forum Stadtpark
  • 1990 Literature grant from the State of Styria
  • 1992 Culture Prize of the City of Leoben.
  • 2019 Gold Medal of Merit of the City of Leoben

Publications

  • Three dream congruences (piece; music by Bernhard Lang, first performance 1990, Forum Stadtpark Theater, Graz)
  • Head Music (1984)
  • Dreaming Days (1985)
  • Movement for a sound eye. Novel, Edition S Vienna (1987)
  • The sister's bed (radio play, ORF 1988, director: Lucas Cejpek)
  • The new educator (radio play, ORF 1989, director: Heinz Hartwig)
  • Offshore . Roman, Droschl Graz / Vienna (1991)
  • Lying fire . Story, Droschl Graz / Vienna (1994) and in Absolut Homer. Droschl Graz / Vienna (1995)
  • River winter . Roman, Kitab, Klagenfurt-Vienna (2004)
  • The Ravenna Mosaics . Prose and essays, Kitab, Klagenfurt-Vienna (2005)
  • Piazza. Trieste . Roman, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec (2006)
  • Bee warfare . Roman, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec (2008)
  • Brendel's imagination . Roman, Edition Elke Heidenreich at C. Bertelsmann, Munich (2009)
  • Rost (play; directed by Andi Peichl, world premiere 2010, Stadttheater Leoben)
  • Café Olympia . Stories, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec (2013)
  • The kidnapping of Anna Netrebko , Roman, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec (2015)
  • Melancholic Billeteurs , Roman, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt / Celovec (2017)
  • Mahler's baton, Roman, Wieser Verlag , Klagenfurt / Celovec (2019)

Some of his works have also been translated into English, Russian, Hungarian and Dutch.

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personal data
SURNAME Friday, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Feldkirch