Helmut Zenker

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Helmut Zenker (born January 11, 1949 in St. Valentin ; † January 7, 2003 in Vienna ) was an Austrian writer, songwriter and screenwriter.

Life

Central Cemetery Vienna - Grave of Helmut Zenkers (November 2004)

Helmut Zenker graduated from the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna and worked at secondary and special schools in Vienna and Tyrol, but also worked as a truck driver and projectionist. In 1969 he founded the literary magazine Wespennest with Peter Henisch . Zenker had been a freelance writer since 1973. He took an active part in readings by authors, including the Left Word as part of the annual Volksstimmefest in Vienna's Prater.

In 1974 Zenker wrote the first satire about the Vienna police major Adolf Kottan - it was not published. Finally, he turned the manuscript about Kottan into a radio play, which was produced by the SWF in 1975 . 1976 on was Viennese popular theater in the Directorate of Gustav Manker first Zenker piece Insanely happy , with the young Karlheinz Hackl , directed by Rudolf Jusits premiered. In 1976, Major Kottan had its screen premiere in a 90-minute television film on ORF . It was directed by Peter Patzak , who also directed all other Kottan episodes for ORF. The series Kottan determined , produced from 1976 to 1983, achieved great popularity , especially with Lukas Resetarits in the leading role.

In 1990 Zenker and Major Kottan founded the CABAL publishing house, which only published books by Helmut Zenker. 1990 to 1998, the TV series Tohuwabohu , which he wrote, was successful.

Zenker was a member of the Communist Party of Austria . He died on January 7, 2003, 4 days before his 54th birthday. Kidney failure on the one hand and a tumor disease on the other are given as the cause of death . He was buried in an honorary grave of the City of Vienna in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 89).

Awards

Works

  • Detective novels
    • Kottan determined , eight volumes
    • Original Wiener Blut (crime stories), 1989
    • Minni Mann, four volumes:
      • Minni Mann (1989, Europaverlag, Vienna)
      • Little Man - Now What? (1989, Europaverlag, Vienna)
      • The man in the moon (1990, Europaverlag, Vienna)
      • The man is dead and sends her regards (1990, Europaverlag, Vienna)
    • Nothing works anymore, 1990
    • Neon City, 1991
  • other
    • 1972 Cleanliness campaign (poems and prose)
    • 1973 Who the Strangers Are Here (Roman)
    • 1974 Kassbach (novel)
    • 1974 For someone like you (with Friedemann Bayer )
    • 1975 Koeck
    • 1976 Mr. Novak makes stories (children's novel)
    • 1977 The Dragon Martin (children's novel)
    • 1977 The Frog Festival (novel)
    • 1978 The high school student (story)
    • 1978 The Caretaker's Removal (Stories)
    • 1988 Hinterland (novel)
    • 1988 The dragon Martin and the kidnapped ghost (children's novel)
    • 1990 ridicule book (novel)
    • 1991 Kassandro (children's novel)
    • 2003 Moon stories (short prose)
    • 2003 Tohuwabohu (book for the TV series)
  • Radio plays
    • 1975 Kottan determined, SWF / ORF
    • 1976 The representative (together with Gernot Wolfgruber )
    • 1976 mother, father. Child (together with Gernot Wolfgruber) SWF
    • 1977 The SR / WDR window
    • 1978 High Noon (together with Gernot Wolfgruber)
    • 1979 Supply and Demand SWF
    • 1979 ORF-Styria opportunity

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Zenker, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Valentin , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2003
Place of death Vienna