Lucas Cejpek
Lucas Cejpek (born December 14, 1956 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer and director .
Life
When his parents moved in 1960, Lucas Cejpek moved from Vienna to Graz , where he grew up and passed his school-leaving examination in 1975. He then studied German and English at Montclair State College, New Jersey, USA, from 1976 onwards at the University of Graz and received his doctorate in 1982 with a dissertation on Robert Musil's man without qualities as a cultural theory. While still a student, he worked at the Forum Stadtpark and has directed the theater since 1981 for world premieres. From 1983 to 1999 he was a lecturer at the Universities of Graz and Vienna, from 1983 to 1990 he was a permanent freelancer at ORF Styria, literature and radio plays, and since 1990 he has lived in Vienna as a freelance writer, theater and radio play director.
His first literary publication took place in 1984 in the manuscripts , in 1997 he gave a poetics lecture in the Alte Schmiede and at the Institute for German Studies at the University of Vienna 16,000 kilometers. Self-description . In 2003 he was writer in residence at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.
He designed numerous events: After Musil , Vienna City Hall 1992; Zettelwerk , Alte Schmiede, Vienna 1998; Leaflet , Literaturhaus Basel, 2000/01; Archive talks , Austrian Literature Archive of the Austrian National Library 2000/02.
Lucas Cejpek has a younger sister, the actress Henriette Cejpek .
Works
Cejpek's works mainly include essays, short stories, radio plays, dramas and novels.
Novels
- Ludwig . Novel. Vienna: special number 1989
- Vera, Vera . Novel. Vienna: special number 1992
- Your wish . Novel. Vienna: special number 1996
- No names . Novel. Vienna: special number 2001
- Where's Elisabeth? Novel. Vienna: special number 2009
Essays
- Diebsgut , Vienna: special number 1988
- And you. Jelinek in 'Lust' , Graz, Vienna: Droschl 1991
- 16,000 kilometers. Self-description , Vienna: Turia & Kant 1998
- Dense sequence of trains , Vienna: Edition Korrespondenzen 2006
- Interruption. BURN GRETCHEN , Vienna: Special number 2014
Radio plays
on ORF (selection)
- Excess (1991)
- Nickelsdorf (1993)
- Twilight Zones (1994)
- My Voice (1994)
- Vienna. A sound poem (with Valeri Scherstanjoi, 2003)
- Sirens intimate (2005)
- 40/20 - 40 years Austria 1/20 years Kunstradio (2007)
Conversation books
- Paul Wühr: When you hear me talk like that . A self-talk, recorded by v. LC, Graz, Vienna: Droschl 1993
- Paul Wühr: What I still forgot . A self-talk, recorded by v. LC, Graz, Vienna: Droschl 2002
- Piece of paper. Conversations on a possible form , collected v. LC, Vienna: special number 1999
Community work
- My closet smells like animals. Chamber opera , with Walter Grond , text, Dimitri Papageorgiu, music, forum stadtpark theater 1990
- Feige Vera , with Ingram Hartinger, Graz: edition gegenätze 1995
- Auer family. The art radio family , with Margret Kreidl , Ilse Kilic, Fritz Widhalm and many others, ORF Kunstradio, CD, 1996
- In parked cars . Photo novel, with Thomas Reinagl, Vienna: The happy living room 1997
- Catching pitchers. A sketchbook , with Christoph Hauri, Vienna: The happy living room 2003
- Einsingzimmer , with Annette Schönmüller, Vienna: The happy living room 2006
Editing
- Places of love , with Dieter Bandhauer, Vienna: special number 1987
- Plato goodbye. 14 text dialogues , with Walter Grond, Graz, Vienna: Droschl 1989
- After Musil. Denkformen , Vienna, Berlin: Turia & Kant 1992
- The taste of the stranger . Recipes talks, with Margret Kreidl, Vienna: special number 2004
- Beckett pause. Mini dramas , Vienna: special number 2007
- Fresh blood. 25 mini dramas , with Adelheid Dahimène , Wels: Alter Schloßhof 2010
Awards
- 1984 Literature Promotion Prize from Forum Stadtpark Graz.
- 1992 Promotion Prize for Literature from the City of Vienna.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lucas Cejpek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lucas Cejpek in the literature archive of the Austrian National Library
- Short biography on ORF-Kunstradio
- Gangway Reviews: Lucas Cejpek in: Gangway
- Petra Nachbaur: Review of 16,000 kilometers (1999)
- Desired productions (PDF file; 231 kB)
- typist: "five more stations" (review about density of trains )
- Marusa Krese: Lucas Cejpek , from time (2006)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cejpek, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |