Hadmar von Wieser
Hadmar von Wieser (civil: Hadmar Wieser ; pseudonym Magus Magellan ; born August 18, 1963 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian author , artist and game designer who prefers to deal with fantasy , mythology and magic .
Names
Wieser gave "Hadmar Wieser" as the real name, since "in Austria [...] aristocratic names [are] completely banned since 1918". As his full name he called "Hadmar Kurt Alexander Erasmus Dragomir Freiherr von Wieser".
In his publications, Hadmar Wieser appears under the names "Hadmar von Wieser" or "Hadmar Freiherr von Wieser" - as shown in the imprint of his website.
In addition, Wieser emerged under the pseudonym "Magus Magellan".
In addition, Wieser stated in 2007 that Friedrich von Wieser was his “great-grandfather in a direct male line” and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (Friedrich von Wieser's brother-in-law) his great-great-uncle.
Career
Wieser gave Mondsee in Upper Austria as his place of birth until 2007 , then Salzburg . He grew up in Mondsee. He attended the Musisches Gymnasium in Salzburg until 1981 and then began studying mathematics, law and psychology at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg .
In 1984 he became a fantasy writer. From 1986 to 2002 he was editor and role-play author for the role-playing game Das Schwarze Auge . Here he has written numerous adventure books and gathered background knowledge about the Aventurian world . His publications are also expanding into the new media , such as mobile solos for the cell phone .
After three months as a journalist for the broadcaster Antenne Salzburg , from 1999 he worked as a director, actor and stuntman in the group Lucifer . Since then he has increasingly occupied himself with esotericism and parapsychology.
Works
From Heyne Verlag :
- The sword king
- The demon master
- The light bird
- Earth and ice
- Of humans and monsters (anthology)
In the series Gezeitenwelt from Piper Verlag :
- Heavenly fire
- The secret of the tidal world
Essay writing
- Any choice. Never before have there been so many opportunities for society to renew itself - thanks to the crisis, there is now optimism. Political essay. In: Zeit Online . September 23, 2009, accessed December 21, 2018 (under the name Hadmar von Wieser).
Awards
- German Adventure Game Prize 1989, 1990 and 1991
- ZauberZeitpreis 1990
- German RPG Award 2003 (Best Author)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hadmar von Wieser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hadmar von Wieser in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Hadmar von Wieser in the Luding games database
- Hadmar von Wieser's website. In: hadmar.com
- Hadmar Wieser. In: shakespeare.at. Archived from the original on September 4, 2005 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hadmar Freiherr von Wieser. Family and parentage. In: luzifer.at. Archived from the original on February 11, 2002 ; accessed on December 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Imprint. In: hadmar.com, accessed December 21, 2018.
- ↑ See his homepage (2018) and the personal entry at the DNB , GND 12453208X .
- ↑ a b See earlier versions of his website from 2000 to 2008, e.g. Example under Hadmar Freiherr von Wieser. In: luzifer.at. Archived from the original on February 4, 2002 ; accessed on December 21, 2018 .
- ↑ GND 128950773 .
- ^ A b Hadmar von Wieser. In: hadmar.com/wieser, accessed on December 21, 2018.
- ^ Hadmar Freiherr von Wieser. In: luzifer.at. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007 ; accessed on December 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Hadmar Wieser. In: Wiki Aventurica, accessed December 21, 2018.
- ^ Michael Meyhöfer, Jörg Raddatz , Thomas Römer : Aventurien. The Lexicon of the Black Eye. Fantasy Productions, Erkrath 1995, ISBN 3-89064-058-3 , p. 308.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieser, Hadmar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wieser, Hadmar (real name); Wieser, Hadmar Freiherr von; Magellan, Magus (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author and game designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg , Austria |