Günther Maria Garzaner
Günther Maria Garzaner , actually Günther Helmuth Alois Garzaner (born December 16, 1951 in Schwaz , Tyrol ; † January 27, 2015 ) was an Austrian writer .
Life
Garzaner learned the profession of electromechanic and worked ten years as a technician at Rank Xerox , later ten years as a sales representative at Bertelsmann . In 1991 he moved to Perg , Upper Austria , and worked there since 1999 as a freelance IT specialist for time recording and access control devices. For health reasons ( amyloidosis ) he had to go into early retirement in 2007.
From 1984 to 1988 he attended the IFS - School of Writing at the Axel Andersson Academy (today the Hamburg Academy for Distance Learning ) in the fields of basics, fiction and journalism . From 1996 to 1998 he wrote texts for the audio CD for the band Die Haderlumpen , from 1998 to 2006 he wrote the novel Null Negativ .
From 2003 he took part in various writing workshops and with the Perg theater group. In 2007 he became a board member of the Stelzhamer Association (New Dialect). In 2004 he joined the IG Authors Authors Austria, won with prose texts at the Linz Culture Spring and in 2008 reached the finals at the ORF radio play competition Track 5 on ORF.
At the end of 2004 he was accepted as a member of the Austrian PEN Club. In 2005 he was co-founder and head of the PromOtheus writing workshops in Freistadt , Linz and Perg (Upper Austria). From 2005 to 2010 the weekly column Perg Sermon appeared in the local press ( Perger and Tips ).
Garzaner wrote essays , short stories and novels . After the death of his mother, he wrote about 1200 poems in high-level language and dialect with an experimental, bizarre and ironic background.
He was a radio amateur and operated the Austrian amateur radio station with the callsign OE5KEO. Garzaner was the father of four daughters. He died on January 27, 2015.
Works
- A glass full of thoughts . Denkmayr, ISBN 3-902257-68-7 (collection of poems)
- Querfeldüber - lyric poetry and the like . Denkmayr, ISBN 3-902488-42-5 (volume of poetry)
- Zero negative . Denkmayr, ISBN 3-902488-58-1 (novel for flextime readers, short stories - woven into a novel)
- Loading activity . Denkmayr, 2007, ISBN 978-3-902598-22-6 (snappy poetry)
- Closed due to opening . Denkmayr, ISBN 978-3-902598-92-9 (short stories for Intel leaks )
- Patience brings neuroses . Columns with Josef Speckbacher 2005–2010. Publisher: Tips Zeitungs GmbH & Co KG, Linz 2010, ISBN 978-3-85358-004-2 .
- Greyish whiteness . For asthmatics interested in literature. 2012, ISBN 978-3-200-02538-7 .
- The man on the roof. Novel. 2013.
media
- Author portrait Günther Maria Garzaner requested from Cultural Broadcast Archive on September 22, 2009 on January 31, 2015
Web links
- Literature by and about Günther Maria Garzaner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence of Günther Maria Garzaner
- Bernhard Leitner: 1000 country people, Günther M. Garzaner. nachricht.at, October 29, 2007, accessed on March 27, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrike Plank: Günther Maria Garzaner is dead. In: Bezirksrundschau from January 28, 2015 queried on January 28, 2015.
- ^ Walter Osterkorn: Obituary Günther Garzaner In: Web presence of the Stelzhamerbund, accessed on January 28, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garzaner, Günther Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwaz , Tyrol , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 2015 |