Gerald Ganglbauer

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Gerald Ganglbauer reads in the Alte Schmiede, Vienna
Gerald Ganglbauer 2017

Horst Gerald Ganglbauer (born February 24, 1958 in Graz , Austria ) is an Austrian author and publisher , has both Austrian and Australian citizenship and was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 48 . He has been an ambassador for Parkinson's support groups ever since.

Life path

Gerald Ganglbauer studied communication science , journalism , media sociology and other subject areas at the University of Graz , graduating as an academic media specialist . In 2006 he received a Diploma with Honors in Information Technology from the Sydney Institute of Technology (SIT). In 1984 he founded the independent Gangan Verlag together with his wife Petra Ganglbauer in Graz. After the divorce he was in Vienna for a few years , from 1989 to 2013 he was in Sydney and Perth , Australia with dual citizenship and was listed as one of several top Styrians abroad alongside well-known names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johann Lafer . He has lived in Stattegg-Ursprung ( Graz area ) since 2013 .

In 1982/83 he was co-founder and editor of the literary magazine perspektiven , 1987/88 editor-in-chief of the literary journal gangan viertel, ZeitSCHRIFT über Literatur . In 1992 he was editor of Textwechsel together with Andreas Puff-Trojan and published the international literary magazine Gangan Lit-Mag from 1996 to 2019 . In 2001 he developed the Gangart Awards , an intercultural competition for artists and works of art on the Internet. The awards were awarded until 2005, but had to be discontinued due to his illness. Gangan Verlag published books in printed form for ten years, then electronically, and since 2014 printed and bound again.

In recent years Ganglbauer was a member of local action groups and was elected chairman of the Ultimo Precinct Committee in Sydney. Ganglbauer is the founder of the Austrians Abroad Forum (2004) and was a member of the board of the World Association of Austrians Abroad (AÖWB) from 2007 to 2014 . He was also chairman of the Free Beach Action NSW , a lobby group for naturism in New South Wales . In the 2015 municipal council elections in his new home town of Stattegg , he ran for Die Grünen .

illness

Gerald Ganglbauer's PON (Parkinson's Line, the friendly self-help)

In 2006 Gerald Ganglbauer was diagnosed with the early stage of Parkinson's, which forced him to retire at the age of under 50. After this dramatic cut in his life, he became active in Parkinson's self-help in Austria as well as in Parkinson's NSW Inc. in New South Wales. Despite his illness, he was re-elected as director of the AÖWB in 2010. In collaboration with the Viennese neurologist Dr. Willibald Gerschlager started the Austrian Parkinson's Counseling Service from June 2007 to December 2010. Ganglbauer founded the IM Group Parkins (on) line on Skype in August 2010 .

He also founded Parkinson's self-help groups in Sydney and Graz. The Graz group became a registered association, and Ganglbauer was elected as its first president in March 2014. He also worked on the book by Dr. Gerschlager wrote an article about Parkinson's disease as a person affected and wrote in his autobiography I am a journey about the slow development of the disease.

Parkinsong Award

Gerald Ganglbauer's Parkinsong Duets

In 2016, Gerald Ganglbauer inspired participation in the 4th World Parkinson Congress in Portland to found parkinsong.org , a music project with rock musicians and people with Parkinson's disease. In 2019 he produced Parkinsong Duets , the first album with 12 duets, which was presented at the 5th WPC in Kyoto. The net proceeds were used to finance a publicly advertised prize for special achievements in Parkinson's research. This Parkinsong Award , endowed with € 10,000.00 , was first presented in early 2020. A second album (and award) is planned for the 6th WPC 2022 in Barcelona.

Publications

Publications in English

  • Evading the jaws of giants, Independent publishing in Austria. Editions Review, Sydney and Melbourne 1990.
  • Multicultural Publishing: How hard is it to do in Australia? Carnivale Literary Festival, Sydney 2001.
  • Publishing My Way. National Young Writers Festival, Newcastle 2002.
  • Cyberspace (the connectedness of difference: communication without borders). TUAC Vienna 2003.
  • Virtual Communities. IRICS Vienna 2005.
  • World ID - no place is home anymore. "V" Identities, Bregenz 2011.
  • Gerald Ganglbauer's Parkinsong Duets. ATS Records, Molln 2019.

Publications in German

  • Stop-over (I'm a trip). The ramp XVIII.2, Linz 1992.
  • Half Austrians. ROTWEISSROT, Vienna 1996.
  • The very slow descent. In: Willibald Gerschlager: Parkinson. Causes, diagnosis, course and treatment options. Maudrich, Vienna 2008.
  • I am a journey. An autobiographical montage about life, love, passion - and Parkinson's. Gangan, Stattegg-Ursprung 2014, ISBN 978-3-900530-24-2
  • Thirty-one. One man, 30 women, Parkinson's medication, and a love story. Gangan, Stattegg-Ursprung 2015, ISBN 978-3-900530-31-0
  • Geography of love. Stations, encounters, transit zones, life and times: the baby boomer generation. Gangan, Stattegg-Ursprung 2016, ISBN 978-3-900530-33-4
  • Scheißparkinson In: Willibald Gerschlager: Parkinson. The guide for those affected and their relatives. Maudrich, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99002-034-0
  • Correspondence on paper. Gangan, Stattegg-Ursprung 2018, ISBN 978-3-900530-45-7
  • Terminus. Living with Young Onset Parkinson's. Gangan, Stattegg-Ursprung 2020, ISBN 978-3-900530-34-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Ganglbauer: Gerald Ganglbauer. (No longer available online.) October 20, 2010, archived from the original on March 26, 2016 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  2. ^ Administration of the State of Styria: Top Styrians abroad. Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  3. ^ Austrian National Library: Perspective. In: Austrian literary magazines 1945-1990. Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  4. ^ Austrian National Library: gangan quarter. In: Austrian literary magazines 1945-1990. Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  5. ^ Andreas Puff-Trojan, Horst Gerald Ganglbauer: Textwechsel , Sondernummer , Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85449-044-5 .
  6. ↑ Available books. Retrieved January 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Gerald Ganglbauer: Precinct Chairman's Report 2003/2004. In: Website of the Ultimo Society. Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  8. ^ AÖWB: austrians.org: Worldwide friends. Retrieved October 19, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Helmut Tomitz: Austria (er) abroad - quo vadis? Multiculturalism and Migration at the Beginning of the 21st Century: An Identity Analysis of the Persistence of Cultural Peculiarities of Austrian Immigrants Abroad. 1st edition. disserta Verlag, Graz 2010, ISBN 978-3-942109-44-4 .
  10. ↑ Tom Nicol: One man's nakedness ambition. In: Website of the Sydney Morning Herald. December 28, 2008, accessed June 19, 2011 .
  11. ↑ Gerald Ganglbauer: I retired from the rat race in 2007. (No longer available online.) In: Website of Gerald Ganglbauer. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 ; Retrieved June 23, 2011 .
  12. ^ Günter Düriegl: The World Federation met in Eisenstadt. In: ROTWEISSROT. 2010, p. 9 , accessed June 19, 2011 .
  13. ↑ Help also online. In: The week. August 25, 2010, p. 14 , accessed June 23, 2011 . The disease that crept into my life. In: The Grazer. August 29, 2010, pp. 36-37 , accessed June 23, 2011 .
  14. ↑ Ultimo Support Group. (No longer available online.) In: Website of the Ultimo Support Group. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013 ; accessed on June 23, 2011 .
  15. ↑ The Parkinsonline Austria team. In: PON website. Retrieved March 28, 2014 .
  16. ^ Willibald Gerschlager: Parkinson's disease: causes, symptoms and forms of therapy . Causes, diagnosis, course and treatment options. 1st edition. Maudrich, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85175-907-5 .
  17. ↑ PARKINSONG AWARD research award. December 12, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Parkinsong Duets - People with Parkinson's can be Rockstars. December 12, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ganglbauer, Gerald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ganglbauer, Horst Gerald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author and publisher, ambassador for Parkinson's disease
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria