Kurt Bracharz
Kurt Bracharz (born September 28, 1947 in Bregenz , Vorarlberg ; † January 6, 2020 ) was an Austrian writer and journalist .
Life
After graduating from high school, Bracharz worked from 1968 to 1972 as an employee at a bank as well as at the district court and the state invalidity office in Bregenz. From 1972 to 1990 he worked as a vocational school teacher in Dornbirn .
From 1990 Bracharz worked as a journalist for the Kronenzeitung Vorarlberg and ORF . From 1997 he lived as a freelance writer in Bregenz. In 1998 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Bracharz was the author of detective novels , short stories , children's books , essays , restaurant reviews and radio plays , and he also translated from English .
Bracharz was a member of the Vorarlberg authors 'association and the IG authors' authors .
honors and awards
- 1986 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- 1991 German Crime Prize
- 2005 Penzberger Urmel
Works
- How the mole almost won the lottery , Zurich 1981
- Esaus Sehnsucht , Vienna a. a. 1984
- Grass sods , Bregenz 1984
- Cardboard Comrades , Zurich 1986
- An evening meal on foot , Zurich 1987
- Word Films , Hard 1987
- Hell's Angel , Bergisch Gladbach 1990
- The truffle journey , Hard 1990
- The green hour , Vienna 1993
- Cowboy Joe , Vienna 1994
- Esau's fulfillment , Vienna 1995
- König Zahnlos , Schaan 1998 (together with Christoph Abbrederis)
- One year before my death , St. Gallen 2001
- Znort , Bregenz 2004
- Pantomime in front of the blind , Innsbruck Skarabaeus Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-7082-3238-6 .
- For mature readers , Innsbruck Haymon Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-85218-588-0 .
- Mein Appetit-Lexikon , Innsbruck Haymon Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-85218-633-7 .
Editing
- Sign , Dornbirn 1984 (published together with Ingo Springenschmid )
- Miromente , number 1, was published in September 2005.
Translations
- Anthony Berkeley : The Gone Away Murder , Zurich 1989
- Robert Bloch : I kiss your shadow , Zurich 1989
- Octavia E. Butler : The Parable of the Sower , Munich 1999
- Wolfgang Fetz : The Hell Fire Touring Club , Berlin 2004
- Cyril Hare : Solo for Lucy , Zurich 1991
- Richard Kadrey : Metrophage , Munich 1990
- Jonathan Latimer : Salomons Weinberg , Zurich 1993
- Jonathan Latimer: Murder on a Full Moon , Zurich 1991
- Marcia Morton : Chocolate , Vienna 1995
- Rudy Rucker : Hohlwelt , Munich 1997
- Rudy Rucker: Wetware , Munich 1991
- Benjamin M. Protection : Like a Wolf , Bergisch Gladbach 1990
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Bracharz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kurt Bracharz ; in: Crime Dictionary
- http://archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at/bp98/k_bracharz.html
- http://www.bg-gallus.ac.at/vkv/autoren/Bracharz/bracharz.htm
- Kurt Bracharz's collections are stored in the Franz Michael Felder archive of the Vorarlberg State Library.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vorarlberg author Bracharz died on ORF on January 10, 2020, accessed on January 10, 2020.
- ↑ Kurt Bracharz. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 102.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bracharz, Kurt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bregenz , Vorarlberg |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2020 |