Martin Auer

This article is about the writer Martin Auer. For other people see Martin Auer (disambiguation)

Martin Auer 2002

Martin Auer (born January 14, 1951 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Martin Auer is a great-grandson of Jakob Sokopp and son of Gertrude (née Sokopp) and Georg Auer . From 1971 to 1977 he was a dramaturge , actor and musician at the Theater im Künstlerhaus Wien . He then worked as a freelance artist with the folk music group Dreschflegel and as a freelance songwriter . Then he worked as a journalist and in advertising and public relations for a few years . He passed the magician exam and worked for a while as a magician , also made music again with the folk group plover .

Auer has been a freelance writer and storyteller since 1986, as well as an actor, cabaret artist and translator ( Flunkerfisch , 2007).

Works

Books

For children

• What nobody can know. Strange verses and strange stories. 1986.
• The magician's summer. A story full of stories. 1988.
• Bimbo and his bird. Illustrated by Simone Klages . 1988. New edition: Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-407-76043-2 .
• Of unlucky fellows and unlucky ones. 1989.
• When Victoria was home alone. Illustrated by Simone Klages. Mödling / Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85264-415-1 .
• Joscha under the tree. Illustrated by Christine Sormann . Mödling / Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85264-422-4 .
• What the old maize acid tells. A picture book about evolution. St. Gabriel 1996.
• Why the rabbit has long ears. Illustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber . Gabriel, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7072-6600-1 (translations into English and French).
• Princess snotty nose. Illustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber. Provincial Library, 2000.
• The strange war. Beltz and Gelberg 2000, ISBN 978-3407784360 .
• with Manuela Olten: The very, very small pig with the very, very big hunger. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-407-79367-6 .
• with Axel Scheffler: Lieschen radishes and the lammergeier. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-407-74190-5 .
• I'll do it, says Ms. Jovanovic. Sauerländer 2011, ISBN 978-3794161911 .

For adults

• But I explore life. The life story of Jean-Henri Fabre . Beltz, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-407-80829-1 .
• Kiss the hand, good night, dear mother should sleep well. Guys 1996, ISBN 978-3451701887 .
• Blues and ballads. Poems. Grasl 1999, ISBN 978-3850982429 .
• Mr. Balaban and his daughter Selda. Illustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber, Weinheim 2002.
• From the wild women. A book of legends. Illustrated by Linda Wolfsgruber, Weitra [2002], ISBN 3-85252-382-6 .
• Whores Taxi - The life of a call girl . LIT, Vienna / Berlin / Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9939-X .
• The sky is made of paper today Poems 1970 - 2017- Klever, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3903110359 .

Audio books

For children

• Corinna Harfouch speaks: Schlumperwald and other stories. 2005, ISBN 3-9809758-1-9 .
• Lieschen Radishes and other funny stories. Narrated by Martin Auer himself. 2009, ISBN 978-3-407-81033-5 .
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Audible.de 2009.
• The hunt for the wand. audible.de 2010.
• Joscha under the tree. audible.de 2010.

For adults

• Whore taxi - from the life of call girls. Reportage novel. Audiobook edition: Hoanzl 2008.
• City of Strangers. Detective novel. audible.de 2010.
• German for extraterrestrials. Language satires. audible.de 2010.

Awards

• Children's book award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia 1990 for Bimbo and his bird .
• Austrian Children's Book Prize 1994.
• Austrian children's and youth book award
  • 1995 for Joscha under the tree ,
  • 1998 for The Dirty Prince .
• Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize 1997 for What the old Maiasaura tells .
• Lesetopia Literature Prize 2000.
• Federhasenpreis , 3rd place 2001/02 for Luzi .
• Owl of the month June 1997 for The Dirty Prince .
• Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna 2000 for Why the Rabbit Has Long Ears .
• Most beautiful book in Austria 2002 for From the wild women. A book of legends .
• Awarded the professional title of Professor 2005.
• Owl of the month July 2011 for me, says Ms. Jovanovic .

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Auer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Martin Auer's website with blog and catalog raisonné
• Nachttaxi , the podcast by Martin Auer
• Martin Auer on netz-tipp.de
• More than a whore taxi: Martin Auer in an interview on literaturcafe.de
• The strange war. Stories for understanding war and peace in more than 20 languages.
• Poems by Martin Auer on lyrikline.org (text and audio)