Egyd Gstättner

Egyd Gstättner (born May 25, 1962 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian publicist and writer .

Life

Egyd Gstättner studied philosophy , psychology , pedagogy and German at the University of Klagenfurt . During his studies he began to publish in magazines such as manuscripts , protocols , literature and criticism or the Wiener Journal .

Since his graduation in 1989, he has lived as a freelance writer in Klagenfurt, where he wrote numerous essays a. a. for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Die Zeit , Die Presse , Falter , Kurier and Die Furche . He was particularly well known in the south of Austria with his satires in the Kleine Zeitung . In addition, he wrote and designed features for the Austrian radio programs Ö1 and Radio Kärnten as well as for Bavarian Broadcasting. In 1993 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD.

In 1990 the first independent book was published ("Herder, Frauendienst" in the "Salzburger AV Edition"). By 2018, a total of 34 books by Gstättner were published by Zsolnay , Amalthea , in Edition Atelier and since 2008 by Picus Verlag Vienna. Since 2016 he has had a second residence in Vienna .

He has two grown daughters and is married.

Prizes and awards

• 1991 Reading Circle Award of the Wiener Zeitung
• 1993 Prize from the Free German Literature Association of Hesse
• 1994 Max von der Grün Prize in Linz
• 1996 Club Carinthia Literature Prize
• 1997 Carinthia sponsorship award
• 2000 Pfefferbeißer Literature Prize Munich
• 2000 Pons Prize for the Word Creator of the Year Munich Pons-Verlag
• 2001 Theater Prize Wies | Styria
• 2002 Leopold Figl Prize
• 2005 prose award Brixen (for “The girl in the lake”)
• 2007/2008 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
• 2009 Otto Stoessl Prize (for “Man Can't Fly”)
• 2011/2012 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
• 2015/2016 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature

Book publications

Gstättner at the presentation of his book Wiener Fenstersturz at the Vienna Book Fair 2017

• A sick mind in a sick body. A "biography". Bläschke, St. Michael 1984, ISBN 3-7053-2242-7 .
• Herder, women's service and other declarations of love. Aigner, Salzburg 1990, ISBN 3-900594-14-7 .
• 1992 Kands fever
• News from the provinces. Idyllic stories. Edition Atelier , Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-900379-91-2 .
• 1994 toys
• 1994 Hello or vacation in the Tauern tunnel
• 1995 downfalls
• 1997 All crazy on the way
• 1998 Vom Manne from Pichl (Ed.)
• 1998 terrible child
• Herzmanovsky's little brother . Amalthea, Vienna 1999, ISBN 978-3-85002-431-0 .
• 2001 February trip to the Tagus . The Idlers of the South Part 1, Edition Atelier , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85308-064-2 .
• 2001 The king of nothing. The breathless life of the Gorgias from Leontinoi. The Idlers of the South Part 2, Edition Atelier , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85308-072-3 .
• 2002 Through wild Austria.
• 2002 Waidmannsdorf World Court.
• Horror Vacui. The Spanish villages of Don Miguel de Unamuno . The idlers of the south part 3, Edition Atelier , Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85308-091-7 .
• Stories from the South: satires, glosses and stories. Amalthea, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-85002-529-4 .
• The girl in the lake. 2005
• My best defeats. 2007
• Fine overhead kicks. Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85431-455-4 .
• Man cannot fly. The last day of Carlo Michelstaedter . Picus Verlag , Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85452-635-3 .
• Cheers, hustle and bustle, Austria: New stories from the south. Amalthea, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85002-683-3 .
• The Fall of the Orient: Stories of Lost Posts. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85452-646-9 .
• Ms. Wegscheider's world. Little Carinthian curiosities. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-85378-658-1 .
• Klagenfurt . Literary portrait of a city. Illustrated book, photos by Egyd Gstättner, Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-85378-657-4 .
• Crash from the sky. Roman, Picus Verlag , Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85452-676-6 .
• The girl in the lake. Illustrated new edition, narrative, Edition Atelier , Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902498-48-9 .
• A late summer nightmare. More than a detective novel. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-85452-684-1 .
• Hansi Hinterseer saves the world. ... or climbing the Küniglberg . Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85002-830-1 .
• The ghost ship. Roman, Picus Verlag , Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7117-2001-6 .
• The Haider Jörg moves across the mountains. Drava Verlag, Klagenfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-85435-717-9 .
• At the foot of the Wörthersee - new news from the province. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-7117-2012-2 .
• The house of joy - a novel about theater of the absurd. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-7117-2026-9 .
• Karl Kraus learns stupid German or: New words for a new world. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-7117-2042-9 .
• Viennese lintel or: the cultural history of the future. Novel. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7117-2055-9 .
• The devil's family. Alone against the history of literature. Picus Verlag , Vienna 2018. ISBN 978-3-7117-2070-2 .
• My life as a court jester . It's damn hard to be Egyd Gstättner. Picus, Vienna 2019. ISBN 978-3-7117-5406-6 .
• Klagenfurt . What the tourist should see. Picus, Vienna 2020. ISBN 978-3-7117-2091-7 .

Theater works

• Arguments for Adam (UA TiK Klagenfurt, June 18, 1992)
• The Robbers (UA ke-Theater, Klagenfurt, March 16, 1994)
• Schopenhauer (premier at Volkstheater Vienna, June 18, 1996 German premiere Wolfgang Borchert-Theater, Münster, September 19, 1997)
• Orpheus (Premiere ORF-Theater Klagenfurt, April 28, 1997)
• New Year's Eve (UA Volkstheater Vienna, December 31, 1998)
• The beautiful Helena (dialogue version. Stadttheater Klagenfurt October 19, 2000)
• The Spitzweg Project (WP ke-Theater, Klagenfurt November 21, 2001)

Web links

Commons : Egyd Gstättner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Egyd Gstättner in the catalog of the German National Library