Gerhard Jäger (Author)
Gerhard Jäger (born April 2, 1966 in Dornbirn ; † November 20, 2018 ) was an Austrian journalist and writer .
Life
Gerhard Jäger initially worked in the care of the disabled, as a teacher and as a representative in the field , before completing his training as a journalist. In 1998 he became editor of the Tiroler Tageszeitung . In 2007 he was paraplegic from a fall . After rehabilitation , he began to write books using a voice computer. His first work The Snow, Fire, Guilt and Death made it into the final selection of the Friedrich Glauser Prize in the “Debut” category. His second work All die Nacht über uns made it onto the shortlist for the Austrian Book Prize in 2018 .
Gerhard Jäger lived with his wife and daughter in Imst in Tyrol . He died in November 2018 at the age of 52 from complications from a cerebral haemorrhage .
Works
- The snow, the fire, the guilt and the death. Blessing, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-641-19749-0 .
- All the night over us Picus, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-7117-2064-1 .
Appreciations
- 1994: Junior scholarship from the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts
- 1996: Literature grant from the state of Vorarlberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Jäger. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 426.
- ^ Writer Gerhard Jäger died at the age of 52. In: Wiener Zeitung . November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Great mourning for the writer Gerhard Jäger. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018 .
- ^ Vita: Gerhard Jäger (author). Random House Publishing Group , accessed November 22, 2018 .
- ↑ State scholarship for Gerhard Jäger. Vorarlberg State Library , accessed on November 22, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dornbirn |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th November 2018 |