Klaus Ebner

Klaus Ebner (2013)

Klaus Ebner (born August 8, 1964 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer and translator . He is the author of prose , essays and German and Catalan poetry .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1982, Ebner began studying Romance and German philology and translation studies at the University of Vienna . At the same time he was active in a literary association and worked from 1983 to 1986 on the Viennese literary magazine " TEXTE ". After graduating, he offered translation services, led language courses and worked on IT training projects. From 1998 to 2002 Ebner also completed the part-time course “European Economy and Management” at the University of Applied Sciences of the bfi Vienna .

Ebner lives and works in Schwechat . He is a member of the Graz Authors ' Assembly , the Austrian Writers' Association and the IG Authors 'Authors , as well as the Catalan writers' associations Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana and PEN Català.

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Since the end of the school days, smaller prose texts, poetry and radio plays have been created . Ebner later dealt with Catalan linguistics and literature in several relevant specialist articles and reviews. He writes poetry in German and Catalan.

During the 1990s he published only a few literary texts, but wrote technical articles, mainly for the magazines Output / Eurocom in Austria , Inside OS / 2 in Germany and NT Update and AIX Update in Great Britain . He has also written non-fiction books on software and network topics for the publishers Data Becker , Markt & Technik , IWT, TEWI and Microsoft Press.

In the same decade he began the novel Feuers Geraun ; Two chapters from it were published in early versions by the Upper Austrian literary magazine Die Rampe : The writer of Aram 1994 and The law 1997. Jewish and biblical traditions are the focus of these two chapters. In 2007 a cultural and historical travel essay about the Pyrenees state Andorra was created . Since 2009 Ebner has also been appearing more and more as a reviewer. He published reviews in the magazines Etcetera , Driesch and Schreibkraft as well as in the online magazine Kultur-Online.

Publications

Works in German

• Wordplayer ; Essay, BoD, Norderstedt 2020; ISBN 978-3-751935852
• Why (... I'm writing) ; Essay, BoD, Norderstedt 2020; ISBN 978-3-749470419
• Physics lesson ; Stories, BoD, Norderstedt 2020; ISBN 978-3-750423749
• Without rubber ; Prosa, Arovell Verlag, Gosau-Wien-Salzburg 2013; ISBN 978-3-902808-36-3
• There and elsewhere ; Travel and literature essays, Mitterverlag, Wels 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502828-9-4
• Andorran Impressions ; Essay, Wieser Verlag , Klagenfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-85129-934-2
• why the swarm of mosquitoes dances around your eyesight ; Poetry, Edition Art Science, St. Wolfgang 2011, ISBN 978-3-902157-88-1
• Hominids ; Story , FZA Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502299-7-4 , Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-99029-206-8
• On the brink ; Short prose , Arovell Verlag , Gosau -Wien-Salzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-902547-67-5
• Lots ; Short stories , Edition Nove, Neckenmarkt 2007, ISBN 978-3-85251-197-9

Works in Catalan

• Per què (... escric) ; Essay, BoD, Madrid 2020, ISBN 978-84-13267104
• Vestigis ; Poetry, BoD, Madrid 2019, ISBN 978-84-13266435
• Blues (bluing) ; Poetry (contains German translations by the author), Pagès Editors, Lleida 2015, ISBN 978-84-9975-627-1
• Vermells (blushes) ; Poetry (contains German translations by the author), SetzeVents , Urús 2009, ISBN 978-84-92555-10-9

Others

• Freedom is a shimmer ; Essay. In: Lichtungen No. 109, Graz 2007
• The charm of prophecy ; Essay. In: Sterz No. 99, Graz 2006
• The gfrett with reform ; Essay on the German spelling reform. In: Literary Austria No. 2/04, Vienna 2004

Awards

• In 1982 Ebner received the Great Austrian Youth Prize for the novella Das Brandmal . As a member of the jury, Hans Weigel highlighted the text. One year after the award ceremony, the novella was reprinted in several episodes of Israel's German-language daily Israel-Nachrichten .
• 1984 Radio Play Prize from the literary magazine TEXTE (3rd prize)
• 1988 First Austrian Youth Prize for the novel Nils
• 2004 La Catalana de Lletres 2004 Mention and inclusion of a Catalan poem in the competition anthology ( Barcelona )
• 2005 Feldkircher Poetry Prize (4th prize)
• 2007 Vienna Workshop Prize . The winning text Der Flügel Last , a short story, deals with the hospital stay of a seven-year-old girl suffering from cancer . The narrative style is based on the child's perspective. The winning text of the Essay category , entitled What remained of the White Knight? , gives an insight into the medieval novel Tirant lo Blanc by the Valencian Joanot Martorell .
• 2007 travel grant for literature from the Austrian federal government
• 2007 "Menzione" at the Premio Internazionale di Poesia Nosside ( Reggio Calabria ) The poem ein Zettler was mentioned and included in the competition anthology. The jury spoke of a metropolitan dreariness that is embodied by the homeless Zettler , whose meal consists of loneliness . The poem reads:

a Zettler sick forgot completely in the drunkenness of the wagon wheels tenaciously his meal consists of loneliness garnished with longing for the past beguiled by loud shouts hope as long ago it faded

• 2008 Two working grants from the Austrian Federal Government
• 2009 travel grant for literature from the Austrian federal government
• 2010 Second prize in the short prose competition »Language Spaces - Writing Worlds« by the Austrian Writers' Association
• 2014 Catalan Poetry Prize Parc Taulí

Web links

Commons : Klaus Ebner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Klaus Ebner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literaturhaus Wien: Author biography (May 28, 2011)
• Author's official website (March 5, 2009)
• Artist profile on Kulturservice k360 (March 5, 2009)
• Author information at the literary magazine DUM (March 5, 2009)
• Interview in the online journal Diari Maresme ; Catalan (September 3, 2009)
• Klaus Ebner - Author page in the Catalan writers' association AELC (November 7, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the studies cf. Ebner: Auf der Kippe , Gosau 2008, p. 139.
2. ^ Documentation from the Austrian National Library for the literary magazine TEXTE.
3. ↑ See Lorenz, Dieter and Klaus Ebner: DNS Implementation in Windows Networks , Microsoft Press, Unterschleißheim 2004, p. 427 (About the authors - Klaus Ebner). ISBN 978-3-86063-657-2 .
4. ↑ See GAV membership directory: Entry by Klaus Ebner . (February 17, 2017)
5. ↑ See list of members of the ÖSV: List of members . (March 5, 2009)
6. ↑ See publications in the literary journals texts (1983–1986) and reading circles (No. 20 and No. 27); after 2000 publications in Also , Glades , Literature and Criticism , New Sirene , Typist etc.
7. ↑ See The Catalan Computer Language (PDF file; 687 kB) in: Zeitschrift für Katalanistik (15) ISSN  0932-2221 , Freiburg 2002, pp. 91–116; Estudis sobre els goigs in: Zeitschrift für Katalanistik (17), Munich 2004, pp. 264–266; The legal status of Catalan in the EU in: Europa Ethnica (1/2/05) ISSN  0014-2492 , Vienna 2005, pp. 23–32.
8. ↑ See Rampe 2/94 and 2/97, Linz 1994 and 1997.
9. ↑ Cf. the interview conducted by Christof G. Pelz on the official author's website ( memento of the original from November 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the subject of essays . (March 5, 2009) 
10. ↑ See the article Ab nach Frankreich in: Club 1 Magazin No. 1/83, Vienna 1983, p. 10f.
11. ^ Das Brandmal , in: Israel-Nachrichten, April 1983 editions.
12. ↑ See listing on the author's website (March 5, 2009).
13. ↑ Texts No. 8, Vienna 1984, p. 33. The radio play is printed on pages 27–33. All editions of the magazine Texte can be viewed in the magazine archive of the Austrian National Library . (July 7, 2010)
14. ^ Club 1 Magazin No. 54, Vienna 1988, p. 11.
15. ↑ Cervera, Jordi (ed.): "La catalana de lletres 2004", Cossetània Edicions, Barcelona 2005, p. 40. ISBN 84-9791-098-2 .
16. ↑ Erika Kronabitter (Ed.): Lyrik der Gegenwart: Feldkircher Lyrikpreis 2003–2007 . Vienna / St. Wolfgang 2008, ISBN 978-3-902157-43-0 .
17. ^ Schaden, Peter (ed.): "Wordshop x", FZA Verlag, Vienna 2008.
18. ↑ Both texts were printed in the brochure for the workshop price : Schaden, Peter (ed.): Wordshop x , FZA Verlag, Vienna 2008.
19. ↑ See art report 2007 of the BMUKK ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF file; 1.39 MB), List of travel grant recipients, p. 71 (February 16, 2017) 
20. ↑ Amato, Pasquale and Mariela Johnson Salfrán: "Nosside 2007", Città del Sole Edizioni, Reggio di Calabria 2007. ISBN 978-88-7351-184-7
21. ↑ Amoroso, Giuseppe: L'immaginario dei poeti del Nosside 2007 e il loro potere di esprimere il mondo , Città del Sole Edizioni, ISBN 978-88-7351-184-7 , Reggio Calabria 2007; P. 41 (Italian version), p. 49f. (Spanish version), p. 58 (Portuguese version).
22. ↑ Ebner, Klaus: ein Zettler ill , in: Amato, Pasquale and Mariela Johnson Salfrán: Nosside 2007 , Città del Sole Edizioni, Reggio Calabria 2007, p. 113.
23. ↑ See art report 2008 of the BMUKK ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF file; 1.30 MB), list of recipients of work grants, p. 72 (February 16, 2017) 
24. ↑ See art report 2009 of the BMUKK ( Memento of the original of August 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.62 MB), List of travel grant recipients, p. 76 (February 16, 2017) 
25. ↑ See the festival of the ÖSV on October 6, 2010 in the Literaturhaus Wien. ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Archives of the Literaturhaus with names of all five award winners. (December 5, 2010) 
26. ↑ See press release (Catalan) from Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí. (August 5, 2016)