Gerhard Ruiss

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Gerhard Ruiss (2018)

Gerhard Ruiss (born May 29, 1951 in Ziersdorf ) is an Austrian author , musician , cultural advocate and publicist.

life and work

Ruiss has lived in Vienna since 1958 . From 1965 to 1969 he attended the vocational school for graphic arts there. After completing his apprenticeship as a typesetter at the Austrian State Printing House , he completed two semesters at the grammar school for working people. He then worked as a typesetter and reproduction photographer . The first literary publications followed in 1972, and in 1978 his first cultural journalistic work appeared in collaboration with Hannes Vyoral , a documentation on the situation of young Austrian authors. An inventory of the current Austrian literary scene . Ruiss has been a full-time author since 1978. In addition, he occasionally appears as the artistic director of his station, noiseless radio, as a director, (improvisation) actor, presenter, entertainer or lecture traveler. In 2020 he received the HC Artmann Prize for his poetic work .

From 1984 to 1995 he taught as a lecturer at various institutes at the universities of Salzburg , Innsbruck and Vienna . After 2000 he was active in cultural management training at the Institute for German Studies in Innsbruck and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . In 2012 he received the title of professor.

The main topics of his cultural journalistic work include publishing, the book market, copyright and contract law, education and media policy, contemporary censorship and Austria-related topics. The main focus of his artistic work are poems, literary short forms, dramatic texts, fingerings of reality, chansons or satirical hits. Between 2007 and 2010 he brought out around three volumes with adaptations of songs by the late medieval singer Oswald von Wolkenstein . The commitment to a practice-oriented, lively exchange with dramatic pieces, content and their authors can be seen e.g. B. in the play exchange catalog - Austrian Dramatics of the Present , a reference work for newly published plays and authors, which was created in cooperation with writers, theater publishers and the IG Autorinnen Authors (last published in 2014).

Media policy activities

Gerhard Ruiss is considered to be one of the leading Austrian experts on copyright, publishing and the book market. For many years he campaigned for various concerns of authors (such as artists' social insurance or improvements to the laws on promoting culture), including in various functions. In 1979 he became a member of the board of directors of IG Authors Authors , and in 1982 he took on the role of managing director. From 1987 until he left in 1989 he was Vice President of the Graz Authors' Assembly . In 1998 he became a member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission, of which he is a member of the ARGE cultural diversity. He also worked in the literary mechana . He is also a founding member of the Independent House of Literature Lower Austria.

Ruiss is always present in the media as a spokesman for cultural matters. As a spokesman for the Austrian initiative “Art is Right”, he campaigned for the remunerated use of creative works in digital media. In connection with this professional commitment, he was awarded the “Wolfgang Lorenz Memorial Prize for Internet-Free Minutes” from the Austrian network community . For a long time he has been advocating remuneration for secondary uses of creative work, together with other artists and representatives of the creative professions.

Awards

Works (selection)

A more extensive list of works can be found on the homepage of the Literaturhaus Wien .

Volumes of poetry

  • Gum crossers . Poems. Vienna: Frischfleisch & Löwenmaul 1980 (head notes series).
  • Single swingers . Poems, songs, sketches. Vienna: autumn press 1987.
  • Indications . Poems. Vienna: edition selene 2000.
  • ah there oh . Poems, sketches, scenes. Vienna: edition selene 2003.
  • poets do not write novels . selected poems. Cologne: Edition Fundamental 2004.
  • Chancellor poems . Vienna: Edition Aramo 2006.
  • And if I kept silent for a longer time ' - The songs of Oswald von Wolkenstein in Nachdichtungen, Volume 1. Bozen, Vienna: Folio Verlag 2007.
  • Heart, your desire - The songs of Oswald von Wolkenstein in Nachdichtungen, Volume 2. Bozen, Vienna: Folio Verlag 2008.
  • So she whistled for me for the cat's wages - The songs of Oswald von Wolkenstein in Nachdichtungen, Volume 3. Bozen, Vienna: Folio Verlag 2010.
  • New poems . Vienna: Podium Portrait 2011.
  • Paradises . Nice poems. Horn: Berger 2013.
  • Chancellor successor poems . 2006-2017. Vienna, Krems: Edition Aramo 2017.
  • Trash poetry . Poetry specialties. Dornbirn: unartproduktion 2018. (= BvZ Schundheft. 22.)
  • Sheet metal . Poetry of the present. St. Wolfgang: edition art science 2020.

Cultural journalistic publications:

  • Handbook of Literary Life in Austria . Ed. With Hannes Vyoral, Karin Kinast, Ulrike Stecher, among others. Vienna: IG authors authors 1985, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2001.
  • Handbook for authors and journalists . Vienna: Book Culture 1992, 1996.
  • White paper on the reform of cultural policy in Austria . Edited by Dieter Bogner and the White Book editorial group. Vienna: Falter Verlag 1999.
  • Black . Book . Cultural policy protocols. Edited by Gerhard Ruiss, employee Ulrike Stecher. Vienna: edition selene 1999.
  • The chief book. Best evidence 1997 - 2001. Vienna: edition selene 2001.
  • ... with limited liability! - Thetaer mbH and theater politics in Vienna in the 80s and 90s. Co-author: Evelyn Deutsch-Schreiner. Vienna, Bozen: Folio Verlag 2003.
  • Don't read odes, read the timetables? : Study on the importance of literature in Austria. Edited by Gerhard Ruiss, Werner Michler. Vienna: Praesens Verlag 2020.

Cabaret, stage work

  • Radio ballet. The noiseless occurrence on the radio. Collected choreographies 1988-91 . Vienna: Transmitter free noiseless radio 1992.
  • Café Sarajevo - Ö et nous . Serious folk comedy. Vienna: edition selene 1999. Premiere 1999.
  • The hundredth year . Premiere Theater am Saumarkt (Luaga & Losna Theater Festival), Feldkirch 2014.

Sound carrier

  • Gö . Chansons by Mani Matter in Viennese dialect (with Reinhard Prenn). CD. Vienna: Ö.DA Verlag 1994.
  • Gö . Chansons by Mani Matter, Viennese version (with Reinhard Prenn). CD. Bern: Zytglogge Verlag 1996.
  • Ruiss sings Öha . 18 songs and texts by Mani Matter (with Reinhard Prenn). CD. Vienna: Verlag Buchkultur 1997.
  • You my beautiful Love songs based on Oswald von Wolkenstein. CD. 2017.

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Ruiss  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Austrian Society for Literature: Gerhard Ruiss. Short biography. Last changed on November 22, 2013. URL: https://www.ogl.at/archiv/gaeste-ab-1999/bio/R/gerhard-ruiss/
  2. ↑ Cf. Gerhard Ruiss: Neue Gedichte. Foreword: Klaus Zeyringer. Edited by Hannes Vyoral. Vienna: Podium 2011. (= podium portrait. 59.) URL: https://www.podiumliteratur.at/die-portr%C3%A4ts/portr%C3%A4t-nr-59-gerhard-ruiss/
  3. ↑ See OPENING: Gerhard Ruiss in an interview with Herbert Gnauer. Literadio: 02/28/2014. (= aufdraht: Leipzig Book Fair 2014), URL: https://cba.fro.at/254939
  4. ↑ Cf. u. a. Symposium on Social Justice - Fair Pay. Moderation and production Manfred Horak. Podcast 04/11/2019 (= Art.Kulture.Discourse. Panel discussions and current topics on cultural policy in Austria.) URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/symposium-soziale-gleichigkeit-fair-pay/id485195001? i = 1000434727510
  5. ↑ Der Standard , June 15, 2015: Report on the press conference of "Art is Right"
  6. ↑ 2014: The year the hard drive levy almost became a reality
  7. ↑ "Art is Right" honored as a postmodern ironic satirical project
  8. ↑ Website Wolfgang Lorenz Memorial Prize for Internet-Free Minutes ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.monochrom.at
  9. ↑ “Scheiß-Internet” award for the PR campaign “Art is right”.
  10. ↑ Cultural awards of the state of Lower Austria 2016 presented . OTS notification dated November 5, 2016, accessed November 13, 2016
  11. ↑ Gerhard Ruiss receives HC Artmann Prize. In: ORF.at . June 12, 2020, accessed June 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ruiss, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author and musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Ziersdorf