Gerald Szyszkowitz

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Gerald Szyszkowitz (born July 22, 1938 in Graz ) is an Austrian television official, director , writer and painter .

Life

Gerald Szyszkowitz is the son of an insurance salesman and grew up in a middle-class family . After 1956 his final examination at the Academic Gymnasium in Graz had taken off, he began a study of theater studies and German studies at the University of Vienna . 1960 doctorate he there for the Doctor of Philosophy . After traveling around the world, Szyszkowitz worked from 1962 to 1968 as a director at various German theaters and from 1968 to 1972 as chief dramaturge at the Graz Schauspielhaus . He was then chief dramaturge of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation and from 1973 headed its main television department . Here for the ORF head of the TV game library book series . He held this position successfully until 1994; numerous of his productions received domestic foreign television awards . During this time, among others, " Die Alpensaga " (directed by Dieter Berner ), "Schöne Tage" and "The village on the border" (each directed by Fritz Lehner ) as well as "Eine paleblaue Frauenschrift" and "Radetzkymarsch" (each directed by Axel Corti ) . In addition to his leading role on television , Szyszkowitz published numerous of his own literary works. In 1982 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Since 1995 he has been living as a freelance writer in Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria . The author has also presented his paintings to the public in several exhibitions .

Gerald Szyszkowitz is a writer of plays , novels and short stories ; he also translates from French together with his wife Uta Szyszkowitz .

Gerald Szyszkowitz is a member of the Austrian PEN Club .

Awards

Works

  • Remigius Geyling, a set designer from the turn of the Secession style , dissertation, University of Vienna, Vienna 1960
  • Cainites. Piece in 7 pictures , TSV Thomas-Sessler-Verlag, Munich 1969
  • Waidmannsheil or Greetings from Styria , Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt (M.) 1971
  • The picaresque pranks of Scapin , TSV Thomas-Sessler-Verlag, Munich 1975
  • Der Thaya , Verlag Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1981
  • Page change , Verlag Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1982
  • Easter snow , Verlag Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1983
  • Furlani or Die Zärtlichkeit des Verrats , Verlag Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1985
  • Puntigam or The Art of Forgetting , Verlag Zsolnay, Vienna / Hamburg 1988
  • On the other hand , Neuer Breitschopf-Verlag, Vienna 1990
  • Moritz and Nathalie or The Fear of Longing , Neuer Breitschopf-Verlag, Vienna 1991
  • Theater plays , Neuer Breitschopf-Verlag, Vienna 1991
  • For a long time in love , Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt publishing company, Vienna 1992
  • Love as printed or Die Herren der Herrengasse , Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1993
  • The volcano and other stories , Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1994
  • The Badenweiler or nothing will remain from Austria , Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna 1995
  • Anna or the flapping of the wings of freedom , Edition Va Bene , Vienna / Klosterneuburg 1996
  • Katja Thaya's reading tour , Edition Va Bene, Vienna / Klosterneuburg 1998
  • Murder before the Western Wall , Edition Va Bene, Vienna / Klosterneuburg 1999
  • Murder in Bethlehem , Wien-Verlag, Vienna 2000
  • Complete edition , Wien-Verlag - AWV, Vienna
    • 1. The Thaya , 2001
    • 2nd page change , 2002
    • 16. Murder in Jerusalem , 2001
    • 17. Szymanski or You Can Kill All TV, But You Can't Kill Your Boss , 2002
  • Hunyadi Castle, crime scene . Detective novella. Edition Roesner, Mödling 2014. ISBN 978-3-902300-89-8 .
  • The false face or Marlowe is Shakespeare . Novel. With an afterword by Erich Schirhuber. Edition Roesner, Krems 2015. ISBN 978-3-903059-01-6 .
  • Marlowe and Lope de Vega's mistress . Novella. Edition Roesner, Krems 2016. ISBN 978-3-903059-11-5 .

Exhibition catalogs

  • Gerald Szyszkowitz, Israel, Egypt, Styria , Graz a. a. 1999
  • Gerald Szyszkowitz, About my books , Graz a. a. 1999
  • Gerald Szyszkowitz, Alaska, Krumau, Trieste, Venice , Graz a. a. 2000
  • Gerald Szyszkowitz, Thaya, Brenta, Attersee , Graz a. a. 2001

Translations

  • Marc Camoletti : Grand Palace , Munich a. a. 1971 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Marc Camoletti: You are in the right place , Munich 1970 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Marc Camoletti: Not a bit afraid of jealousy , Munich a. a. 1969 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Pierre Daix : Marxism , Graz a. a. 1976 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Jean Genet : Letters to Roger Blin , Hamburg 1967 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Victor Hugo : A thousand francs reward , Berlin 1974 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Charles W. Ingrao : Josef I. , Graz a. a. 1982 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Derek McKay : Prince Eugene of Savoy , Graz a. a. 1979 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Thibaut von Orleans : A castle in Bavaria , Vienna a. a. 1974 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • John P. Spielman : Leopold I. , Graz a. a. 1981 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)
  • Victor Lucien Tapié : The peoples under the double-headed eagle , Graz a. a. 1975 (translated together with Uta Szyszkowitz)

literature

  • Hermann Kurzke, Michael Scharang: Gerald Szyszkowitz - Articles and Materials , Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna a. a. 1988
  • Klaus Zeyringer (ed.): Gerald Szyszkowitz or Die Kunst des Erinnerns, Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna a. a. 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LH Pröll presented Lower Austria Culture Awards 2007 . APA notification dated November 24, 2007, accessed May 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved May 8, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Szyszkowitz, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian television official, director, writer and painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz