Helmut A. Gansterer

Helmut A. Gansterer

Helmut Gansterer (born July 20, 1946 in Neunkirchen ) is an Austrian journalist , editor and author .

Life

Helmut A. Gansterer grew up as the son of Alois and Maria Gansterer in Pottschach , Ternitz municipality . The A. is an abbreviation for Alois, in honor of his father.

Gansterer graduated from HTL Mödling in Mödling in the field of mechanical engineering, engine and motor vehicle construction. From 1965 to 1968 he studied economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna. There he was invited on the basis of a letter to the editor to write for the student newspaper Hermes, of which he became editor-in-chief a short time later (1966).

Before completing his studies, he joined the newly founded business magazine trend in 1970 . In 1971 he switched to the advertising industry and became a copywriter for the Ogilvy & Mather agency . At the same time he founded the business magazine Economy , which was sold to ORAC-Verlag in December 1973. After working as editor-in-chief for Economy for two years , he moved to trend in 1974 as deputy editor-in-chief . In 1976 he was promoted to editor-in-chief and a year later he was appointed editor. Gansterer was editor-in-chief and sole publisher of trend until 1997 . From 1997 to September 2008 he was editor together with Christian Rainer , since October 2008 he has been an author for trend . Until the end of 2012, Gansterer regularly wrote a column entitled “Good News” every two weeks for the magazine profil . The first column under this title was published on May 3, 1999.

Since 1973 Gansterer has also been writing texts for the car magazine autorevue . His first article appeared in issue 5/1973 (Mercedes 450 model presentation). He first used the pseudonym Phil Waldeck in the 5/1976 issue in a story about the Jaguar E convertible . Since 1986 he has been writing the monthly hiking letter . The first traveling letter (under Philipp Waldeck) appeared in the 5/1986 issue (from Rio de Janeiro).

From March 2011 to June 2014, Gansterer, also using the pseudonym Phil Waldeck, wrote the “Waldecks Wallfahrten” for the monthly magazine “ schau - inwien und um Wien ”, which was marketed until July 2012 under the name “inwien”. These stories were each illustrated with a photo by the photographer Helmut A. Gansterer. From 2016–2018 he regularly wrote stories for the motorcycle magazine under the title "Das Weird Leben" .

Industry colleagues gave Gansterer the nickname "Edelfeder".

Gansterer is the author and co-author of numerous books.

Prizes and awards

• 1989 Eduard Haas Prize for Business Journalism
• 2003 art mediator
• 2004 OscART for art journalism
• 2008 “May one send condolences by email” is chosen as the most popular book by Lower Austrians.
• 2008 “May one send condolences by email” wins in the non-fiction category; Knowledge, Art and Culture the “ Buchliebling 2008” book award .
• 2008 Helmut A. Gansterer achieved 3rd place in the 2008 book favorite in the category "Author of the Year".
• 2008 Helmut A. Gansterer is awarded the Horst Knapp Prize 2007.
• 2009 “Der neue Mann von Welt” achieved in the non-fiction category; Knowledge, art and culture took 2nd place in the “Favorite Book 2009”.
• 2009 Jepblog Award from the Axel Springer Academy of the Axel Springer Verlag Berlin
• 2010 “Can you go to Hawelka as a Nackerta?” Was chosen as a book favorite in 2010 in the book favorite joker category (adults).
• 2011 “Finally all the secrets of success” was voted the book's favorite in 2011 in the “Economy, Politics, History” category.
• In 2011 he was awarded the professional title of Professor by the Austrian Federal President .
• 2012 Gansterer was the Golden Badge of Honor of the Chamber of Commerce Austria by Christoph Leitl awarded
• In 2014, Helmut A. Gansterer was chosen in a combined public and expert voting by Extradienst magazine in the category veteran of the year (behind Hugo Portisch ).
• 2015 First place in the category "The legend writes" after an audience vote combined with an expert jury from the industry magazine Extradienst.

Works

Lead author

• Diary of a capitalist under the pseudonym Adam Bronstein, Orac Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-7015-0123-8 .
• Learning. The ghost. The victories. 63 essays on success in the age of mental work. Edition Va Bene, 2003, ISBN 3-85167-090-6 , edition: N.-A., reprint 2003 (July 2002).
• Good news. 1st edition, Edition Va Bene, Klosterneuburg 2004, ISBN 3-85167-154-6 .
• Can I give condolences by email? The etiquette of the 21st century. 1st edition, Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2007 ISBN 978-3-85431-433-2 .
• The new man of the world. Mind beats money. Molden Verlag, Vienna 2008 ISBN 978-3-85485-226-1 .
• Is it allowed to go to Hawelka as a Nackerta? Etiquette for advanced learners. Molden Verlag, Vienna 2009 ISBN 978-3-85485-248-3 .
• Finally all the secrets of success. Ecowin Verlag, Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-902404-92-3
• Erwin Pröll. Profile of a politician. "Fortunately, confidence always wins". Together with Christiane Scholler . Styria Premium Verlag Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-222-13327-5
• Can you let it go? When it's all so bad. Ecowin Verlag, Salzburg 2013 ISBN 978-3-7110-0052-1 .

Co-author or editor

• with Reginald Benisch, Erika Folkes: Your personal money strategy '84 ORAC Verlag 1983, ISBN 3-85368-955-8 .
• Peter E. Allmayer-Beck, Stefan Sares (eds.): Attersee. Paint and Live. Wirtschafttrend-Zeitschriften VerlagsGmbH, Vienna 1990, essay Helmut A. Gansterer; ISBN 3-7015-0220-X .
• Michael Satke (Ed.): Mythos Bar Essay Helmut A. Gansterer; MS Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-9500197-0-7 .
• with Heinz Honies, Marga Swoboda u. a .: The art of failure Edition HERANT / Sportmagazin VerlagsGesmbH 1994, ISBN 3-901377-01-8 .
• Wolfgang Lamprecht (Ed.): Wittmann. The book. With contributions by Melissa Stadler, Helmut A. Gansterer, Michael Freund, Daniel Glattauer , Jan Tabor and others. a., Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Munich-Frankfurt-Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85447-568-3 .
• with Karl Korab , Barbara Frischmuth : Korab. Holzhausen, 1996, ISBN 3-900518-53-X .
• with Peter Gorsen : Franz Ringel: seventy-eight pictures for Maria. Edited by Helmut A. Gansterer, Holzhausen, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-900518-71-8 .
• with Milo Dor , Arno Geiger a . a .: Makes Art Sense BAWAG Edition Literature, Überreuter, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-8000-3717-3 .
• Rainer's bar book The Shaker The bar book by Rainer Husar. With texts by Helmut A. Gansterer Ed. Rainer Husar, photographed and designed by: Gernot Langs 1999, ISBN 3-9501059-0-5 .
• Sand and stone - forest and wine with texts v. Helmut A. Gansterer et al .; published by the cultural department and the photo club of the city of Eggenburg, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz 1999, ISBN 3-85252-309-5 .
• Duel with politics - Haderer, Peichl, Zehentmayer Galerie Ulysses, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85127-021-5 .
• with Fritz Ehn, Philipp Waldeck and others: 100 years of Steyr-Daimler-Puch Graz Steyr-Daimler-Puch Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG, Graz 1999, ISBN 3-9501107-1-2 (English).
• with Harry Weber : Wien bei Nacht / Vienna by night. C. Brandstätter, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-85447-433-4 .
• with Gerti Senger and others: P - Personal. Palmers Textil AG, Wiener Neudorf 2002.
• Ennstal-Classic Text: Helmut Zwickl , with a guest essay by Philipp Waldeck. Ennstal Classic GmbH, Gröbming 2002.
• with Andreas Sachs, Erich Schönleitner: Punch & Power. What top managers learn from top athletes. 1st edition, Echomedia Verlag GmbH, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-901761-27-6 .
• Sankt Urban Weinbrevier anniversary edition 2003 with two texts by Helmut A. Gansterer; Sankt Urban Gottardi KG, Innsbruck 2003.
• What do you believe in Johannes Kaup in dialogue with Konrad Paul Liessmann , Alfred Dorfer , Helmut A. Gansterer and others Styria Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-222-13159-7 .
• with Herbert Waldhauser, Alberich Klinger, Herbert Lackner : A country on its way. 1st edition, NP Buchverlag, 2005, ISBN 3-85326-384-4 .
• Federal Management of the Austrian Economic Association (Ed.): Austrian Economic Association - Successful is whoever implements 1995-2005. Foreword: Christoph Leitl , introduction: Wolfgang Schüssel , essay: Helmut A. Gansterer. Printed in Holzhausen, Vienna 2005.
• with Milena Greif (author), Elke Ziegler: Exploration F. Austria's research in focus. 1st edition, Brandstätter, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-902510-29-3 .
• Think wine pastor, Felber baker: bread and wine. Helmut A. Gansterer (essay, ed.) Holzhausen, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85493-111-5 .
• I couldn't say it nicer. Love poems. Helmut A. Gansterer (ed. And foreword). Servus Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-7104-0056-8 .

Working for the radio

Gansterer moderated Club 2 several times for ORF , hosted the program Extrazimmer , and as a guest in the “Pressestunde”, “Kreuz und Quer”, etc. He created the script for the documentary series “Die Erben”. From February 2013 to mid-2014, Gansterer had his own talk show on Schau TV with the title Gansterer zur Geisterstunde .

photography

As a journalist, Helmut Gansterer added photos to many of his reports in trend, the Autorevue or in various travel magazines. During his time as editor-in-chief, trend published numerous picture essays by the author. His first public photo exhibition took place under the title: “Light enough. Photographs of a Writer ” took place in St. Pölten in 2012 . As a photographer , he accompanied his monthly column "Waldecks Wallfahrten", which appeared under his pseudonym Phil Waldeck in the magazine "Schau - inwien und rundherum" from 2012 to 2014 in Bohmann Druck & Verlag .

Web links

Commons : Helmut A. Gansterer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikiquote: Helmut A. Gansterer  - Quotes

• Homepage of Helmut Gansterer
• Literature by and about Helmut A. Gansterer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Helmut A. Gansterer in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Adieu"
2. ↑ schau magazine .
3. ↑ Review of the book Can I give condolences by e-mail? on Ö1 (accessed June 2, 2010).
4. ↑ Kunstmediator 2003 press release  ( 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. (accessed on July 5, 2009)  
5. ↑ 2004 award ceremony ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 720 kB) (accessed on July 5, 2009) 
6. ↑ orf.at - Most Popular Books of Lower Austrians - Rowling and Gansterer are at the top of the article from March 7, 2008, accessed on November 12, 2014.
7. ^ Winner 2007 ( Memento from May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Honorary Awards 2007 ( Memento from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Horst Knapp Prize 2007  ( 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. (accessed on July 5, 2009)  
10. ^ The book favorites 2009 ( Memento from July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ jepblog-award ( memento of the original from July 6th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed July 5, 2009). 
12. ↑ Book Favorite Election 2010 - The Winner Books ( Memento from May 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ A professor in the Kurier sport. In: Courier. December 16, 2012 (print).
14. ↑ Awarding of the golden badge of honor by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce on the portal of the WKO ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 17, 2012). 
15. ↑ Book review ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2011 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. by Christian Ortner in Wiener Zeitung online on November 25, 2010, print edition November 26, 2010, accessed on November 27, 2010. 
16. ^ Erwin Pröll: The biographical map ( memento from April 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - In: Kurier .
17. ↑ news.at , review by Heinz Sichrovsky in news online and print, accessed on December 11, 2013.
18. ↑ Extra room with Ariadne von Schirach ( Memento of the original from October 29, 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. (accessed on October 19, 2009) 
19. ↑ Standard for the start of Extrazimmer (accessed October 19, 2009)
20. ↑ Ganster screenplay Die Erben and Club 2 (accessed on October 25, 2013)
21. ^ Claim to the witching hour in Der Standard on February 6, 2013
22. ↑ ORF Lower Austria , accessed on December 8, 2012.