Peter Marginter

Peter Marginter (born October 26, 1934 in Vienna ; † February 10, 2008 in Bad-Fischau) was an Austrian writer , essayist and translator .

Life

Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna . From 1964 to 1968 he was guild secretary of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce , from 1971 to 1978 Austrian cultural attaché in Turkey and Great Britain . In 1988/89 he was head of department at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and then until 1995 head of the Austrian cultural institute in London .

His books are bizarre and funny and have magical, fantastic features.

Marginter was a board member of the Austrian PEN Club.

Awards

Selection:

• 1967 Prize for Literature from the Theodor-Körner-Stiftungsfonds for the promotion of science and art
• 1968 Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna for Literature
• 1968 grant from the Vienna Art Fund of Zentral-Sparkasse Wien for literature
• 1970 Anton Wildgans Prize
• 1973 Lower Austrian Prize for Literature
• 1985 Prize of the Inklings Society for Literature and Aesthetics
• 1986 translation bonus from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art
• 1996 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class

Works

• The Baron and the Fish , 1966
• The dead uncle , 1967, 1981 filmed by Georg Lhotsky
• Funeral feast , 1969
• The collector's collector , 1971
• Koenigruf , 1973
• Pim , 1973
• Wolkenreiter and Son , 1977, template for Wolkenreiter and Son (puppet show)
• To the beautiful prospects , 1978
• The three ambassadors , 1980
• Wolkenreiter & Sohn , 1982, screenplay, filmed by Sepp Strubel
• Das Rettungslos , 1983, filmed by Georg Madeja with Peter Bongartz , Christine Ostermayer , Wilfried Baasner
• The divine Rosl
• The headstand of the antipode , 1985
• Visit , 1987
• The machine , 2000
• The Roar of the Deer , 2001
• The emperor's new mouse . With lithographs by Heinz Stangl , 2002

Translations

• Victor S. Pritchett , The Whims of Nature , 1987
• Walter de la Mare , The Journey of the Three Malla Malgars , 1988
• John Kennedy Toole , Ignaz or The Idiot Conspiracy , 1988
• Ivy Compton-Burnett , A God and His Gifts , 1989
• Ivy Compton-Burnett, Parents and Children , 1990
• Ivy Compton-Burnett, High and Holy , 1991
• Ivy Compton-Burnett, Servant and Servant , 1992
• Robert Graves , Seven Days of Milk and Honey , 1992
• Thomas Hardy , On the green edge of the world , 1992
• Victor S. Pritchett, The Homecoming of the Prodigal Daughter , 1992
• Andrew Duncan , Elizabeth II and their court. The real life of a queen , together with Hans Jürgen von Koskull and Franz Schrapfender

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Marginter in the catalog of the German National Library
• Peter Marginter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Peter Marginter is dead , Der Standard , February 11, 2008
• Peter Marginter and his “funeral feast” , Die Zeit , March 13, 1970