Peter Steiner (Author)

Peter Klaus Steiner (born June 18, 1937 in Baden near Vienna ) is an Austrian geologist and writer .

life and work

After moving several times during the turmoil of the war and post-war years, he began an apprenticeship as a printer in 1951. In 1958 he passed the external diploma . He then completed a degree in geology and palaeontology in Vienna . He financed his early trips with a focus on the Middle East and his studies through night work as a croupier . In 1966 he received his doctorate. phil. 1967 marked the beginning of six years of research on behalf of the UN , accompanied by women and children, in the largely uninhabited rainforest of Ivory Coast . In 1973 he moved to Colombia , where he headed a large-scale geochemical exploration in the south of the country. From 1976 to 1978 he was a consultant for mining in Malaysia , Indonesia , Peru and Pakistan . In 1978 he moved to Bolivia as a UN expert. From 1980 he worked as a freelance consultant for mining and ore prospection worldwide.

From the mid-1980s he made literary records. Steiner has been a freelance writer since 1994. In 1997 he received the Literature Prize of the Province of Lower Austria and in 1998 the Literature Prize of the City of Baden.

He lives in Baden near Vienna.

Works

• The fountain of Columbus (story, 1994) Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-124-7 .
• The clearing (story, 1995) Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-162-X .
• In the long shadow (story, 1996) Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-170-0 .
• GAP (Roman, 1998) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-7013-0981-7 .
• Doberig (Roman, 1999) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-7013-1001-7 .
• Handpieces (Prose, 2000) Literature Edition Lower Austria, ISBN 3-901117-46-6 .
• Beyond the hunter's mark (novel, 2001) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-7013-1035-1 .
• Wherever you want (narrative, 2004) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 3-7013-1081-5 .
• The Clearing (US translation of Die Lichtung, 2007) Ariadne Press, Riverside, CA 92507, ISBN 978-1-57241-151-7 .
• The way to Ssong Köl (short stories, 2007) Literature Edition Lower Austria, ISBN 978-3-901117-92-3 .
• Azimut (Roman, 2009) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7013-1161-3 .
• The fall on the roof of the world (novel, 2011) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7013-1185-9 .
• The Relatives (Roman, 2012) Otto Müller Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7013-1200-9 .
• The sand trap builder . Novel. Edition Laurin, Innsbruck 2014. ISBN 978-3-902866-19-6 .
• When my father speaks Polish . Novel. Edition Laurin, Innsbruck 2016. ISBN 978-3-902866-38-7 .
• Orbis Terrarum . Novel. Volume 1. The war child. Edition Laurin, Innsbruck 2019. ISBN 978-3-902866-80-6 .

Scientific work (incomplete)

• The integration of the Weyerer arches and the Gr. Reiflinger Scholle in the fold structure of the Lunzer-Reichraminger ceiling system . Mitt. Ges. Geol. Mining students, 14. – 15. Volume, Vienna 1966
• Geological studies in the border area of ​​the central and eastern limestone Alps (Austria). Mitt. Ges. Geol. Mining Students, Volume 18, Vienna 1968

Web links

• Homepage of Peter Steiner
• Literature by and about Peter Steiner in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Literature edition Lower Austria: Peter Steiner ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved on Aug 23, 2012. 
2. ^ Perlentaucher : Peter Steiner ; Retrieved on Aug 23, 2012.