Marianne Gruber
Marianne Gruber (* 4. June 1944 in Vienna as Marianne Wurzinger ) is an Austrian writer.
Life
She spent her childhood in Burgenland . Her reference person was her Croatian grandfather. She attended the humanistic Mariahilfer Gymnasium . She then studied medicine for several semesters and psychology for two semesters with Viktor Frankl . Marianne Gruber completed piano studies at the Vienna Conservatory with Karger.
She has written prose, poetry, essays, radio contributions and contributions to numerous anthologies, for which she has received several literary prizes. Numerous lecture tours took her through Europe and overseas.
Since 1980 she has worked as a freelance writer and as a moderator for Club 2 on ORF . From 1991 to 1994 she was the head of the literary circle Podium and from 1992 to 1995 she was editor of the magazine Podium . From 1994 to 2016 she was President of the Austrian Society for Literature. In addition, Gruber was a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly from 1980 to 1988 and has been a member of the Austrian PEN Club since 1986 . Gruber has been President of the Austrian Writers' Association since 2017 .
Marianne Gruber is widowed, has two children and lives in Vienna.
Works
- The glass ball. Utopian novel, Graz, Vienna a. Cologne: Styria Verlag 1981, ISBN 3-222-11358-0 . Also published by: TB Frankf. a. M .: Suhrkamp 1984 (= fantastic library, vol. 123, st 997). ISBN 3-518-37497-4 .
- Logs of fear. St. Pölten and Vienna, Verlag NÖ Pressehaus 1983 (= prose from Austria), ISBN 3-85326-680-0 .
- Stopover. Roman, Vienna: Edition S - Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei 1986, ISBN 3-7046-0046-6 . Also published by: Frankf. a. M .: Suhrkamp 1988 TB (= Fantastic Library, Vol. 216) (= st 1555)
- The death of the plover. Two stories, Frankfurt am Main: Fischer 1991 (= Collection S. Fischer, Vol. 68) (= Fischer TB 2368), ISBN 3-596-22368-7 .
- Calm. Roman, Vienna: Edition S - Verlag der Österreichische Staatsdruckerei 1991, ISBN 3-7046-0227-2 .
- Esra's adventurous journey on the blue planet. Vienna: Jugend & Volk 1992, ISBN 3-224-11458-4 .
- The spider and other dark black stories. Vaduz: Edition LerchenStein 1995 (= Divertimento)
- Into the castle. Innsbruck: Haymon 2004, ISBN 3-85218-447-9 .
- Memories of a fool. Innsbruck: Haymon 2012, ISBN 3-85218-730-3 .
Awards
- Book award from the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts 1981
- State Secretariat Prize for Women's Issues 1981
- Literature Promotion Prize of the Province of Lower Austria 1982
- Audience Award of the Chamber of Labor Upper Austria 1984
- George Orwell Prize of the City of St. Pölten 1984
- Poetry Prize of the lit. Society St. Pölten 1986
- Otto Stoessl Prize 1986
- Short story award of the lit. St. Pölten Society 1988
- State grant from the BMUK in 1990
- Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna 1992
- Premio Giuseppe Acerbi , Italy 1996
- Austrian Prize for Literature 1997
- Honorary professor at the Nizhny Novgorod University in 1997
- Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna 2005
- Culture Prize of the Province of Burgenland (literature and journalism) 2016
literature
- Klaus W. Pietrek: Zwischenstation , in: Das Science Fiction Jahr 1989 (Vol. 4), edited by Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-03139-3 , pp. 556–558.
Web links
- Literature by and about Marianne Gruber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marianne Gruber in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Marianne Gruber at Open Library
- Homepage of Marianne Gruber
- Homepage of the Austrian Society for Literature
- Marianne Gruber in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek (literature readings, discussions, radio reports)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2016 cultural prizes awarded by the state . Article dated December 15, 2016, accessed September 6, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Marianne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |