Max Höfler (writer)
Max Höfler (* 1978 in Eastern Styria ) is an Austrian writer , artist and literary representative for the Stadtpark Forum . He lives in Graz .
Life
After abandoning his studies in sound engineering, he began studying German , philosophy and art history , which he completed with a dissertation on postwittgenstein aesthetics. Since 2009 he has been the literature representative of the Forum Stadtpark.
Literary work
Max Höfler writes experimental prose texts and publishes regularly in literary magazines: For example, in the perspective , manuscripts , the clearings , the typist , the cheerful living room and the publications of the artist group monochrom . He is the founder of the net art project Eigenheimgalerie GG44 and co-founder of the artist group RAP 1 . 2 . Since 2013 he has been the publisher of the screen literature magazine GLORY HOLE - news from over there , which is projected onto the outside screen of the Forum Stadtpark at night .
Awards
- 2009 Literature Prize of the City of Graz
- 2010 BMUKK author's award for his debut "Texas als Texttitel".
- 2011 Literature grant from the City of Graz
- 2011 BMUKK Rome scholarship
- 2012 Theodor Körner Prize
- 2012 Peter Rosegger Literature Prize of the State of Styria
Works
book
- Texas as the text title. A rabbit comedy novel. Ritter Verlag , Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85415-454-9
- wies is is - a mondo cane machine , Ritter Verlag , Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85415-517-1
- Work Leisure Violence - Commedia , Ritter Verlag , Klagenfurt, Graz, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85415-572-0
Libretti
- Confrontations 4 , with Martin J. Pichler, world premiere in 2008 in the Forum Stadtpark, Graz
- all attention , with Martin J. Pichler, world premiere in 2007 in the Helmut List Halle , Graz
As editor
- EXTRAKT - Forum Stadtpark Literatur 2010 - 2012 , Verlag Forum Stadtpark , Graz 2012, ISBN 978-3-901109-36-2
- Canvas literature magazine GLORY HOLE - news from over there , Forum Stadtpark Graz
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Höfler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical information and references to Max Höfler (writer) at Literaturport
- Max Höfler on the website of the Ritter Verlag
- Home gallery home page
- Portrait of Max Höfler in the ARTfaces series of the Kultur Service Gesellschaft Steiermark
- Vimeo video channel of the on-screen literature magazine GLORY HOLE - news from over there
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höfler, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer, artist and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eastern Styria |