Gerald Jatzek

Gerald Jatzek at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2012

Gerald Jatzek (mandolin) and Christian Orou (guitar), 2007 in Vienna

Gerald Jatzek at the Nuremberg Bardentreffen 1978

Gerald Jatzek (born January 23, 1956 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author, musician and journalist.

life and work

He received his doctorate in 1981 in the subjects of journalism and education. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a street musician and a member of the work group literature in the world of work in Vienna. Since 1997 he has been the online editor of the Wiener Zeitung , for which he regularly writes about folk and world music. In addition to numerous children's books, he wrote poems, radio plays for broadcasters in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, as well as children's theater pieces. Since 2004 he has been a member of the cabaret " Echo der Heimat ". As a programmer and journalist, he is also a member of the Wiener Zeitung's online editorial team . Gerald Jatzek is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly , the Podium literary group and the Association of Austrian Dialect Authors. In 2009 the choir cycle Die Wundertüte (compositions: Claudia Nicolai ) was premiered at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt. In 2001 he was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Children's Poetry and the Austrian Children's Book Prize. Musically he has been working with producer Thomas Raber since 2011.

In 2012 he was a member of the jury for the award The Extraordinary Book of the children and youth program of the Berlin International Literature Festival .

Works

As an author

• The Lixelhix children's book, 1986
• Gegentöne - critical songs, rebellious rock , non-fiction, with Philipp Maurer, ÖGB-Verlag Vienna 1988
• Allerleischlau , children's book, youth & people, Vienna - Munich 1989, ISBN 3-224-11205-0
• The day of the giant , picture book text, graphic: Annegert Fuchshuber , Ellermann Verlag , Munich 1989 ISBN 3-7707-6298-3
• Widerrede - Die Cabarettung Österreichs , non-fiction book, with Philipp Maurer, ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 1990
• Dina and the magic dwarf , children's book, Jungbrunnen Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7026-5631-6
• The cheeky pelican , picture book text, graphic: Ursula Kirchberg , Ellermann Verlag , Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7707-6317-3
• Isidor, the little dragon , picture book text: Graphics: Rosemarie P. Sohn, Ellermann Verlag , Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7707-6326-2
• My friend, the giant giant , children's book, Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-7004-0172-8
• Everyone is suspicious , poems, Grasl-Verlag, Baden 1992, ISBN 3-85098-211-4
• I am who I want! Children's book, with Christian Orou, Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-7004-0192-2
• Freddie Flink in Schilda , children's book, with Beppo Beyerl , Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-7004-1186-3
• Der Rückwärtsstiger , children's book: short stories, St. Gabriel, Mödling 1995, ISBN 3-85264-476-3 (paperback edition: dtv 1998)
• Viennese - the other German , with Beppo Beyerl and Klaus Hirtner, Rump Verlag , Lingen / Ems 1995, ISBN 3-89416-269-4 . Extended and revised edition. Reise Know-how Verlag Peter Rump GmbH, Bielefeld 2019, ISBN 978-3-8317-6548-5
• Kuno, the school ghost , children's book, 1996
• Kuno aus der Taschen , children's book: Narration plus riddles, notes and handicraft tips, Gabriel, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7072-6575-7
• Lexicon of the most annoying things and most corrosive types. Satires, with Beppo Beyerl, Munich 1998
• Valentin and Wanda , children's book, with Beppo Beyerl, Residenz Verlag , St. Pölten 2003
• How does the donkey get on the bridge , non-fiction book, with Hermann Schlösser , Styria / Molden Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-854-85211-7
• The red guitar , children's book, illustrated by Moidi Kretschmann , G & G-Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7074-1180-5 .
• The rabbit hops in pretty pants , children's book with audio CD, illustrated by Lisa Manneh , G & G-Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7074-1226-0 .
• Rabauken-Reime , book of poems, illustrated by Andrea Steffen , Residenz Verlag , St. Pölten 2011, ISBN 978-3-7017-2079-8 .
• Der Schnüffelbold, children's book , Obelisk-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-85197-668-7
• The dog is dead. Grätzel stories from 24 districts of Vienna , with Beppo Beyerl and Manfred Chobot , Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85409-617-7
• The songs smell of thyme. Travel poems from Afghanistan to Cyprus , Berger Verlag, Horn 2014, ISBN 978-3-85028-621-3
• Podium portrait, poems , Podium, Neulengbach and Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-902886-35-4

As editor

• Poems after 1984 . Poetry from Austria, ed. by Gerald Jatzek and Hansjörg Zauner , Edition Ahnungen, Vienna 1985, ISBN 390057701-3
• Relief in showing the tongue . Poetry against frustration, ed. by Gerald Jatzek and Manfred Chobot , Verlag Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-224-11446-0
• I think, I think what you do not think . Anthology for children, Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-7004-0157-4
• If I could do magic! Anthology for children, Neuer Breitschopf Verlag, Vienna 1993
• Vile without, but real , Viennese satire and humor from 100 years, ed. by Gerald Jatzek and Manfred Chobot , Edition Mokka, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902693-27-3

Songs

• (with Claudia Hainschink :) The song behind the song. Dialect poems and chanson texts. Cassette with text booklet, IDI, Vienna 1979
• Claudia Nicolai and Gernot Kögel (music), Gerald Jatzek (texts): "Die Trottellumme und other weird birds", CD and booklet, Helbling Verlag, Esslingen am Neckar 2013, ISBN 978-3-86227-151-1

Productions with Thomas Raber (since 2011)

• The tiger and the hunter , time , a child is not a machine on the CD "Liederfundkiste - Juchhe der Erste Schnee", RATOM-Edition, Vienna 2011
• Abracadabra , Hansel and Gretel on the toilet on the CD "Liederfundkiste - In Kinderstadt", RATOM Edition, Vienna 2012
• Tsching Tschang Tschung on the CD "Liederfundkiste - A school for cool people", RATOM edition, Vienna 2012
• Valentins Lied , Im Zauberwald on the CD "Liederfundkiste - Mama, I love you so", RATOM Edition, Vienna 2013
• Eh net von do , with the formation jatzek.raber.schmoelz (Gerald Jatzek, Thomas Raber, Elke Schmölz) at the protest song contest 2014 (pre-finals of the best 25), RATOM edition, Vienna 2014

Awards (selection)

Liechtenstein Prize Certificate (1980)

• Poetry Prize of the PEN Club Liechtenstein 1980
• Austrian State Prize for Children's Poetry 2001
• Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna 1990, 2000, 2002
• Austrian Children's and Youth Book Prize 2001

Festival participation

• 1978,1979,1980: Bardentreffen in Nuremberg
• 1979: Songwriters' meeting in Goslar
• 2000: Books Open Worlds, Hong Kong
• 2012: Children's and youth program at the 12th Berlin International Literature Festival in September
• 2012: Erlanger Poet Festival
• 2014: Protest song contest with the formation "jatzek.raber.schmoelz" (Gerald Jatzek, Thomas Raber, Elke Schmölz)

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerald Jatzek in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerald Jatzek's website
• Portraits: aeiou.at - international literature festival berlin - Levure littéraire
• Darmstädter Echo: The skyscraper plays the piano ( Memento from May 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )