Heinz Sobota

Heinz Sobota (born November 9, 1944 in Bad Sauerbrunn in Burgenland; died August 26, 2017 in Munich ) was an Austrian criminal and writer .

Life

Heinz Sobota was born as the son of bank employee Karl Sobota in Bad Sauerbrunn, Burgenland. He was sentenced to a juvenile prison for theft and started his criminal career. After a series of criminal offenses and other troubles, he attempted to kill his father, was convicted of robbery, and was re-sent to a prison. In the Viennese milieu he became known as a pimp and violent criminal after his release.

His novel “The Minus Man” was written in seven weeks while he was imprisoned in a Marseille prison. Because of the brutality it contained, the book was only accepted by a publisher after many unsuccessful attempts, but immediately became a bestseller after publication. Heinz Sobota lived in Munich until his death.

Movie

Despite many attempts, Heinz Sobota's book has not yet been made into a film.

In March 2018 the documentary " Der Minusmann - die Doku " by Sladjana Krsteska and Alban Bekic was presented at the Diagonale in Graz.

The filmmaker Marie Elisa Scheidt made a short documentary with Heinz Sobota in 2013, which she describes as semi-fictional and mainly consists of the representation of conversations.

Works

• The minus man. Cologne 1978.

Web links

• The minus man - the documentary , website
• Full hardship , accessed December 16, 2017.
• Heinz Sobota: "Evil lives in people" , accessed on December 16, 2017.
• Prison with horror , accessed December 16, 2017.
• "The minus man" author Heinz Sobota is dead , accessed on December 16, 2017.
• "Der Minus-Mann" author Heinz Sobota has passed away , accessed on December 16, 2017.
• Documentary "Der Minusmann" Sobota: "I don't feel anything if you die here" , accessed on March 17, 2018.