Jürgen Heimlich (writer)

Jürgen Heimlich (born January 26, 1971 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer. He is the author of novels, short stories, plays, essays and non-fiction books.

Life

After training as a publishing clerk, Jürgen Heimlich worked for a long time in the public sector as a clerk. He also trained commercial apprentices. In addition, he was and is active as an editor and reviewer . Heimlich lives and works in Vienna. He is a member of the IG women authors authors .

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Through his training as a publishing house, he developed a passion for literature. At the age of 18 he wrote his first own literary texts and attempts at novels. From 1992 he published in literary magazines and anthologies . Individual publications in the form of novels, short stories and non-fiction books followed. Jürgen Heimlich is considered a cemetery expert and has published two non-fiction books in this context. In 2008 the Central Cemetery Guide and in 2016 Vienna Cemeteries - a journey of discovery .

From 2007 to 2012 Jürgen Heimlich acted as a crime novel writer. During this period, a crime trilogy was created around the quirky Chief Inspector Kneiffer. From 2009 to 2012 he took part in the Vienna Crime Night. Since 2014 he has been particularly interested in historical topics. He wrote and published the novel The Secret of Willoughby in 2015 , which is based on a true story.

He has been a reviewer for the online literary magazine "sandammeer" since 2001. He also appeared in 2011 with the short documentary Zentralfriedhof, the film in collaboration with Peter Bosch. He has been committed to establishing simple language since 2016. In 2019 the premiere of his play for children, Dialog mit mein Schatten , took place at Theater 7ieben & 7iebzig in Innsbruck, which deals with the topic of bullying at school.

Publications (selection)

• Central Cemetery Guide; Nonfiction; Tredition, Hamburg, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940921-48-2 .
• The shy witness; Roman, Arovell-Verlag, Gosau-Wien-Salzburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-902547-85-9 .
• End of genius; Roman, Arovell-Verlag, Gosau-Wien-Salzburg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902808-03-5 .
• Zentralfriedhof, the crime thriller; Roman, Tredition, Hamburg, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8424-9494-7 .
• Wish-free; Story, Arovell-Verlag, Gosau-Wien-Salzburg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-902808-57-8 .
• Willoughby's Secret; Roman, eclipse books, Seedorf, 2015, ISBN 978-3-946421-01-6 .
• Viennese cemeteries - a journey of discovery; Non-fiction book, my morawa, 2016, ISBN 978-3-99049-729-6 .
• Mrs. Else gives an interview; Novel in simple language; naundob, 2017, ISBN 978-3-946185-12-3 .
• Mathilde and a bird named Kafka; Novel in simple language; naundob, 2018, ISBN 978-3-946185-18-5 .
• Vienna Central Cemetery Guide; Nonfiction; Tredition, Hamburg, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7469-9433-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jürgen Heimlich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website of the author
• Author entry in the author world
• Author's website at the Cantus theater publisher
• Jürgen Heimlich in the bibliography of German science fiction ( stories )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerhard Ruiss, Ulrike Stecher, Milos Uveric-Kostic: Item Exchange Catalog 2014 of the IG Authors Authors: Austrian Dramatics of the Present . Ed .: Gerhard Ruiss, Ulrike Stecher, Milos Uveric-Kostic. 1st edition. 2014, ISBN 978-3-900419-45-5 , pp. 45-46 .
2. ↑ Jürgen Heimlich: Sandammeer - The virtual literary magazine. In: www.sandammeer.at. Retrieved September 8, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Dates | Crime night. (No longer available online.) Echo medienhaus gmbh, September 28, 2010, archived from the original on September 5, 2016 ; accessed on September 5, 2016 . 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.  
4. ↑ Dialogue with my shadow