Johannes Twaroch

Johannes Twaroch (born March 12, 1942 in Weleschin ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Johannes Twaroch studied German and art history at the University of Vienna and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . In 1961 he became an employee of the ORF and from 1976 was head of department in the Lower Austria regional studio. As a compatriot of the Austro-Moravian cultural area, he pursued a balancing mediating goal. His writings attempt to direct global, professional and interpersonal chaos into more understandable structures of logic and order.

Radio plays (selection)

Director:

• 1981: Richard Hughes : Danger
• 1988: Helmut Korherr : On the sand
• 1990: Hilde Peyer-Höwarth : Big Boss and his company
• 1997: John Collier : Bottle Party

Awards

• 1970 initiated the magazine's prose prize
• 1973 Literature Prize from the Austrian National Bank
• 1976 Promotion Prize of the State of Lower Austria for Literature

Publications

Twaroch wrote numerous articles in anthologies, magazines and literary magazines as well as radio plays and stage plays.

• Thirty-two poems. Illustrations by Karlheinz Pilcz, European Publishing House, Vienna 1962.
• Mirror of the moon. Poems, European publisher, Vienna 1965.
• Messages from the intermediate kingdom. Poems, Edition Avantypidy, Vienna 1966.
• Interim balance. Roman, literary circle of authors in Wiener Neustadt (ed.), Weilburg Verlag, Wiener Neustadt 1978.
• The house of childhood. A game for voices. Book and cassette, Grasl Verlag, Baden 1982.
• Literature from Lower Austria. 3 volumes, Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1984 and Berger printing company, Horn 1993.
• The story of the terribly good girls. Story, Marchlandpresse, Lassee 1986.
• Literature on the move. Essays, Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten 1988.
• Literature in anecdotes. Weilburg Verlag, Wiener Neustadt 1992.
• Notes on literature. Collection of articles, Merbod Verlag, Wiener Neustadt 1992, ISBN 3-900844-28-3 .
• Select Europe: Lower Austria. Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999.
• Typically Austria. Literature in anecdotes. Anthology, Amalthea, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85002-500-4 .
• Fortunately there is Austria. A hit from the baroque to the turn of the millennium. Anthology, Amalthea, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85002-523-3 .
• The Austrian Cabinet of Curiosities. An ABC of useless knowledge. Illustrations by Andreas Slama, Ueberreuter, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-8000-7279-8 .
• Nightmare stories. Short prose, Provincial Library, Weitra 2010, ISBN 978-3-902416-34-6 .
• Totally indiscreet. Artists - experts - poor pigs. A collection of materials. Anthology, Edition Roesner, Mödling Maria Enzersdorf 2011, ISBN 978-3-902300-62-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Johannes Twaroch in the catalog of the German National Library