Germán Kratochwil
Germán Kratochwil (* 1938 in Korneuburg , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian - Argentine social scientist and writer .
Life
Germán Kratochwil spent his early childhood in Korneuburg, Lower Austria. Shortly after the Second World War , the family emigrated to Argentina, where he grew up in Buenos Aires and Patagonia . He studied sociology and architecture in Buenos Aires, several semesters at the University of Munich, at the Free University of Berlin and in Hamburg. In 1973 he received his doctorate in Hamburg as a social scientist. He worked as a cemetery gardener, bricklayer, farmer, publisher, editor-in-chief of two social science journals, researched in the fields of art sociology, development cooperation and relations between Germany and Latin America. He was office manager in Latin American missions abroad of the IOM ( International Organization for Migration ) in Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay, and was responsible for migration issues in Mercosur and Pacto Andino . He published profession-specific books in Spanish and numerous articles in Spanish and German-language media, occasionally also journalistic texts on literature and politics in Latin America, including in the Zeit , The Month, magazine for cultural exchange, blätter + bilder, Mundo Nuevo, Revista de Occidente . As a writer, he is the author of narrative prose. He lives in the Patagonian Cordillera on the mountain lake Lago Puelo and in Buenos Aires.
In 2012 he published his first novel, Scherbengericht , which deals with displaced and emigrated Germans and Austrians and their historical burden in Patagonia . With the novel distributed by Picus Verlag , Kratochwil was on the longlist for the 2012 German Book Prize . The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture awarded him the award for the particularly successful debut of Austrian authors in 2012. In autumn 2013 his novel Rio Puro was published , which deepens the Patagonia experience of Central European visitors and settlers with the forces of nature and the locals. From July 2015 he was awarded a work grant from the anniversary fund of the literar mechana (Vienna) to support his current literary project. In August 2016 his novel Territorium was published , the conclusion of an absolutely unique Patagonian-Austrian trilogy. The elemental force of nature, multicultural migration into a supposedly peaceful corner of the world and globalized political conflicts come together to form an end scenario that is permeated by erotic entanglements and shamanistic rituals. Again it is the vividly portrayed characters and the diverse manifestations of nature that determine the course of the story.
Works
- 1967: Frenos económicos y sociales para la educación
- 1973: The development aid of the FRG for Latin America (Klett Verlag)
- 1973: Development aid and dependency in Latin America (Institute for Iberoamerica client)
- 1976: Scientific and technological development and international cooperation in Latin America (Erdmann Verlag)
- 2012: Shards Court, Roman (Picus Verlag, Vienna)
- 2013: Rio puro, Roman (Picus Verlag, Vienna)
- 2016. Territory, Roman (Picus Verlag, Vienna)
Web links
- Literature by and about Germán Kratochwil in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kratochwil / Short biography and information on the work of Germán Kratochwil at Literaturport
Individual evidence
- ↑ A draft letter to the baron , goethe.de
- ↑ Broken court ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , sueddeutsche.de
- ↑ Stranded in Patagonia , taz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratochwil, Germán |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-Argentinian social scientist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Korneuburg , Lower Austria |