Josef Kleindienst (writer)

Josef Kleindienst (born February 4, 1972 in Spittal an der Drau ) is an Austrian writer and actor.

Life

Kleindienst studied philosophy and theater studies in Vienna and Amsterdam. Among other things, he worked as a journalist and as a German lecturer in Yemen .

In 2008 he was invited to the Berlin Radio Play Festival with Become a Member , and in 2010 he was invited to the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize . His debut novel was also published in 2010. On the day I kissed my hairdresser, many birds died. In 2011 he received the Vienna Dramatic Scholarship and in 2012 the Carinthia Promotion Prize for literature . In 2013 his story Freifahrt was published . Occasionally he also works as an actor, for example in Daniel Hoesl's film Soldate Jeannette (2013).

Works

Josef Kleindienst: A lot of birds died the day I kissed my hairdresser. Special number , Vienna 2010.
Josef Kleindienst: Free ride. Special number, Vienna 2013.

Awards

2020: Carl Mayer Screenplay Award for The Announcement

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards 2020. In: diagonale.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
^ Diagonale screenplay prices to Kleindienst and Moder. In: Upper Austrian Volksblatt . April 29, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Small service, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	4th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spittal an der Drau

[1] Carl Mayer Screenplay Awards 2020. In: diagonale.at. Retrieved April 29, 2020 .

[2] Diagonale screenplay prices to Kleindienst and Moder. In: Upper Austrian Volksblatt . April 29, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .