Werner Herbst
Werner Herbst (born on January 20, 1943 in Vienna ; died on March 17, 2008 there ) was an Austrian poet and storyteller, radio play writer, visual poet and publisher.
Life
Herbst studied at the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna and then worked as a primary school teacher for 20 years .
His first texts appeared in 1970 in the Viennese literary magazine wespennest and the Linz magazine neue texte . In the following years he took part in Vostell's response happening and published texts in anthologies (for example, octopus 16) and magazines such as orte and in NEUES FORVM . He also wrote radio plays for ORF . His visual poetry has been exhibited in Vienna, Linz, Madrid and Bondeno .
In 1971 he founded the Herbstpresse publishing house , which published single-sheet prints , paperbacks, tape cassettes, notebooks and boxes with graphics by Friederike Mayröcker , Karl Riha , Hannes Vyoral and Gerald Bisinger , among others .
Appreciations
- 1975 and 1981 state scholarship from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art for Literature
- 1983 Prize for Literature from the Theodor-Körner-Stiftungsfonds for the promotion of science and art
- 1988 Prize of the City of Vienna for Literature
- 1993 Victor Otto Stomps Prize for extraordinary small publishing activities from the city of Mainz
- 2000 State grant from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art for Literature
Works
- in iron time. stories and poems from the naschmarkt. Vienna 1980.
- in between, a poem. Vienna 1983. Cologne 1991.
- end of working day. Radio play. ORF 1985.
- printed matter. Linz 1989 (stamp texts, some in multiple colors).
- the (apple) mus, (is) you? Selected poems. Cologne 1989.
- werner goes to school. Vienna 1989.
- First choice. Vienna 1989.
- a good family from vienna. Prose. Texing 1993.
- alfabet. Linz & Vienna 1995.
- completely without art. and yet very beautiful. stamp for the day. Horn 1999.
- with Gerhard Jaschke : From tick to tick. Literary duets from 1988–1998. Vienna 1999.
- with Gerhard Jaschke: nice hours. a literary duet game. Vienna 2001.
- back and forth. a city-country escape game. St. Pölten 2001.
- Werner Herbst. Selected texts. Foreword by Jürg Jegge . St. Pölten & Vienna 2002.
- hooray hurray hurray. Vienna 2003.
- The bogey. Poem. Cologne 2003.
- with Gerhard Jaschke: knickerbocker in cocoa. to the foreign language golf. Vienna 2004.
literature
- Gerhard Jaschke : Autumn, Werner. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, vol. 5, p. 295 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Herbst in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Niehörster (ed.): Vostell response happening. Young press, Stuttgart-Kräherwald 1973.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herbst, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 2008 |
| Place of death | Vienna |