Herbert Maurer

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Herbert Maurer (2015)

Herbert Maurer (born May 12, 1965 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Herbert Maurer studied linguistics and classical philology in Venice , Jerusalem , Cologne , Bilbao and Yerevan . From 1989 to 1991 he was the coordinator of Austrian projects in the humanitarian and cultural field in Armenia , as well as a journalist (for Austrian and German media), interpreter and translator of the country's contemporary literature. Maurer has lived in Vienna again since 1992 , works as a writer, is the author of novels, short stories, volumes of poetry, plays and translations. After all, he is one of the few surviving representatives of the “Experimental Biography” group. He is also active as a moderator and speaker on radio and television. Herbert Maurer received the Rheingau Literature Prize in 1996 and a residency grant from the Berlin Senate in 1997 . In 1996 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt and was awarded the Franz Werfel Medal in 2015.

Works

  • Madam! or The Art of Deep Sleep , Klagenfurt u. a. 1996
  • A flight of ravens , Klagenfurt u. a. 1997
  • Venetia , Frankfurt am Main 1997
  • Beata Beatae Beatae Beatam Beata Beata , Ottensheim an der Donau 1998
  • Pannonia's tongue , Berlin 1999
  • Oh Johanna! , Ottensheim an der Donau 2000
  • In the shadow of the Hirschin , Salzburg 2006
  • Please rain (anthology of Armenian literature), Wieser, Klagenfurt 2012
  • And God speaks Armenian , Klever, Vienna 2015
  • About death , Ibera Verlag, Vienna 2015
  • Byron swims and drowns in his room . Novel. Klever, Vienna 2017. ISBN 978-3-903110-19-9 .

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Commons : Herbert Maurer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Mason, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna