Martin Peichl

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Martin Peichl (2018)

Martin Peichl (* 1983 in the Waldviertel ) is an Austrian author who lives in Vienna .

Life

Peichl studied German and English at the University of Vienna . After numerous publications in anthologies and literary magazines, his first novel How to Repair Things was published in February 2019 , “a clever story about the life of two people in their mid-thirties”. In July 2019 he read as part of the 10th edition of the Popfest in Vienna. Peichl's novel was in the final of the Alpha 2019 literary award and on the shortlist of the blogger award from Das Debüt , and he also received a book award from the Austrian Federal Chancellery.

In addition to prose, he also writes poems, for example on beer mats, which he hands out at his readings. Peichl is also the organizer of the reading series “In a Complicated Relationship with Austria”, which takes place regularly in Vienna.

Peichl teaches German, English and scientific writing at a Viennese high school.

Awards

  • Shortlist The Debut Blogger Award 2019
  • Final Alpha Literature Prize 2019
  • Limburg Prize 2019
  • Vienna Literature Scholarship 2019
  • Hans Weigel Literature Fellowship 2018
  • Literature competition of the Graz Academy 2018 (2nd place)
  • Villacher Literature Prize 2018
  • Forum Land Literature Prize 2018
  • FM4 short story competition "Wortlaut" 2017 (3rd place)

Works

  • How to fix things. Novel. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2019.
  • Pop up. New literature from Lower Austria . Anthology Literature Edition Lower Austria, St. Pölten 2019.
  • FM4 wording 17. GRELL: The FM4 short story competition . Anthologie Luftschacht Verlag, Vienna 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dominika Meindl: Meeting in the Falter.
  2. ↑ Announcement on the Popfest website by co-curator Yasmin Hafedh .
  3. ↑ Author biography on the Edition Atelier publisher's website
  4. ^ Website of the Beer Coaster Poems , which shows a selection of the Beer Coaster.
  5. ↑ Interview with Martin Peichl as part of the shortlist nomination for Das Debüt.
  6. ↑ 10th Alpha Literature Prize: Three Works in the Final Press release from co-organizer Casinos Austria.
  7. ↑ Bad Dürkheim: Limburg Prize Winner with text about a difficult relationship in Die Rheinpfalz.
  8. ↑ Reporting on the award ceremony in the Niederösterreichische Nachrichten.
  9. ^ The winners at a glance on the Graz Academy website.
  10. ↑ Literature Prize: Traces tell stories , reporting on the award ceremony at ORF Lower Austria.
  11. ↑ Portrait of Zita Bereuter on the FM4 website.
  12. ↑ Information about the book on the publisher's website.
  13. ↑ Information about the book on the publisher's website.
  14. ↑ Information about the book on the publisher's website.
personal data
SURNAME Peichl, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldviertel