Manfred Bauer (writer)

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Manfred Bauer (born March 28, 1957 in Vienna ; † August 11, 2012 in Purkersdorf ) was an Austrian journalist and writer .

Life

According to his own statements, Manfred Bauer began to write poetry at the age of 12. From the age of 17, Bauer was editor of the cultural magazine Trittbrett, later a journalist for the Vienna daily Kurier , the Wiener Zeitung , the Niederösterreichische Nachrichten and, most recently, the Volksstimme . Bauer studied communication science, philosophy, pedagogy and economics at the University of Vienna and at the Institute for Social History in Amsterdam and received his PhD. phil in 1983.

In addition to his journalistic work, Bauer was an employee of the Österreichische Länderbank and deputy press officer of the financial institute (1983–1987). Bauer founded the communications agency "Trimedia" in Vienna, which he managed until 1993. In his hometown of Purkersdorf , Bauer was a councilor from 1989 to 1990, councilor for finance and operations from 1990 to 1995 and again from 2005 to 2010. From 1991 to 1993 he was also the parliamentary secretary of Karl Schlögl .

Bauer lived and worked as a writer, media scientist and librarian at the city library in Purkersdorf near Vienna. He wrote political novels and plays. Most recently he published the novel Landauer und die Clowns (edition Reizwort, Vienna 2010) in which he deals with the political background to the kidnapping of a three-year-old boy in the spa town of Bad Tatzmannsdorf . Bauer confessed to "left social democracy"; B. in his book Friedrich Adler - Rebell der Einheit (anyway publishers, Vienna 2004).

In 2008 Manfred Bauer published a scholarly article about "Friedrich Adler as a left-wing socialist" in the book Otto Bauer and Austromarxism in Dietz Verlag . Integral Socialism and Today's Left . In the same year the short story Saeculum saeculorum by Bauer appeared in the balance book of the 20th century , published by Globus Verlag, in 2009 the short story Auf -rechte Bürger , published in the anthology Wir rescue a system by Globus Verlag. In spring 2010 Bauer finished his scenic installation Lina Loos - Lügelos Leben . In 2007 Bauer received the Lower Austrian Culture Forum's Prize for Literature and Culture.

Works

  • Communication in the field of tension between theory and practice. Multi Art, Vienna 1986.
  • Structures of local communication. Multi Art, Vienna 1990.
  • Gamma Lex - a shadow journey novel, Library of the Province, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85252-194-7 .
  • Without any chance - the Semperit case. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7035-0951-1 .
  • Friedrich Adler - rebel of unity. Nevertheless-Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7010-9999-5 .
  • 110 years of socialist youth. Nevertheless-Verlag, Vienna 2004.
  • Gnant - a drama against neoliberalism. edition Reizwort, Vienna 2006.
  • Death in the champagne bath Roman, edition Reizwort, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-200-00697-8 .
  • Have a good trip, Miss Wellness. Roman, edition Reizwort, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-9502443-0-4 .
  • Saeculum saeculorum. Short story in the anthology Bilanzbuch des 20. Jahrhundert , Globus Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502669-0-0 .
  • Friedrich Adler as a left-wing socialist. Scientific contribution to Otto Bauer and Austromarxism. Integral Socialism and Today's Left. Dietz-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02134-4 .
  • Upright citizens. Short story in the anthology We save a system. Globus Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-9502669-2-4 .
  • Lina Loos - Lügelos live. Scenic installation, edition Reizwort, Vienna 2010.
  • Landauer and the clowns. Roman, edition Reizwort, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502443-1-1 .

Editing

  • with Josef Baum and Burkhard Weigl: Alfred Czernoch: Heiteres Spechtakulares Purkersdorf. Book of poems with illustrations by Gunnar Pfeifer, Schönbrunn-Verlag, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-85364-144-X .

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personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2012
Place of death Purkersdorf