Wolfgang Pollanz

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Wolfgang Pollanz in the Literaturhaus Graz (2003)

Wolfgang Pollanz (born May 31, 1954 in Graz ) is an Austrian writer , publicist and musician .

Life

Wolfgang Pollanz lives in Wies in Styria , where he helped found the Sterz magazine in 1977 . From 1980 to 1981 he was the singer and lyricist of the Austrian group The Isolierband . He has been the program designer for the Kürbis Wies cultural initiative since 1987 and founded the Edition Kürbis publishing house in 1989 . Since 1999 he has also been running the music label pumpkin records . In 2013 he received the Hanns Koren Culture Prize of the State of Styria for his diverse cultural commitment.

Awards

Works

Plays
  • The Grass Eaters (1992, premiered 1994)
  • Kalamata (1997)
  • Thilo von Schweißfels. (Premiered 2002)
  • The Visit (2005)
  • Final Conference (2006)
  • Willibald I. (2007)
Books
  • Growing cacti in the midst of a lush landscape, Edition Keiper, 2019
  • Loneliness has many names, stories, Edition Keiper, 2018
  • Hasta la vista, baby, Roman, Milena Verlag, 2017
  • The book Elvis u. a. Texts, prose, pop! Goes the Pumpkin No.1, edition kürbis 2015
  • Down by the river, poems, edition keiper, poetry volume 10, 2014
  • The ingratitude of children, short stories, edition keiper, 2014
  • The idiot of words / Usekan na besede, Gedichte / Pesmi, literary series of the Pavel House, 2013
  • 33 songs, edition keiper, 2013
  • Fields. A novel, edition keiper, 2012
  • Von Reisen / O potovanjih, Gedichte / Pesmi, edition keiper, 2011
  • I, Vogel, Arovell Verlag, 2008
  • A short history of the world in 25 courses, edition kürbis, 2007
  • My mother's sigh, short stories, Kitab Verlag, 2007
  • The book Elvis, edition kürbis, 2004
  • My Father's Cars, Stories, Kitab Verlag, 2003
  • Capturing Movement, Travel Notes, and Lomographs, Leykam, 1995
  • Weissenegger, Krimi, Verlag Tauschzentrale, 1994 (edited by Wolf Haas)
  • Little stories, prose, Leykam, 1993
  • Regional geography, prose, Leykam, 1993
  • The heart of the fool, Roman, Edition S, 1991
  • Small wine country studies, prose, 1991
  • Inhabitants of the plain, prose, 1989
  • From Afar the Tennessee Waltz, Poems, Leykam, 1989
Contributions to anthologies (selection)
  • More noise! (also as editor together with Heimo Mürzl), Pop! Goes the Pumpkin No. 4, edition pumpkin, 2019
  • GRAZ, Edition Kleine Zeitung, 2018
  • Donald Trump literature competition, Milena Verlag, 2017
  • Umbrella poems, CD, ORF Ö1, 2017
  • I LOVE MY SHIRT (also as editor), Pop! Goes the Pumpkin No. 2, edition pumpkin, 2016
  • Roofs over Graz, Edition Keiper, 2015
  • Ink in the rain, Edition Keiper, 2015
  • Literary locations, Edition Keiper, 2015
  • The last song: Songs to say goodbye (editor, together with Wolfgang Kühnelt), Milena Verlag, 2014
  • Grazer Beislballaden, Leykam, 2013
  • Childhood Alphabet, Leykam, 2012
  • Fever, av book, 2010
  • up & away, edition kürbis, 2010
  • The eagle has landed, Hecht Verlag, 2009
  • 1969, edition pumpkin, 2009
  • Among many, Edition Krill, 2008
  • Schlossbergflash, Leykam, 2007
  • Rausch.Zu.Stestand, edition kürbis, 2007
  • VierHandschreiben (together with Franzobel), Provincial Library, 2005
  • SEX, Volume 2, edition kürbis, 2005
  • Grazer Tagebuch, The city in the mirror of its writers, Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, 2004
  • Literature and small format, Residenz Verlag, 2002
  • Because of the area - Styria, Eichborn Verlag, 2002
  • GRAZ - Europa erlesen, Wieser Verlag, 2002
  • The story of the crane that wanted to be a ship's siren, Swiridoff Verlag, 2002
  • 2001. A science fiction book, edition kürbis, 2001
  • Solid joy! A Christmas book, edition kürbis, 1998
  • Sex. A relevant anthology, edition kürbis, 1998
  • Film ab !, edition pumpkin, 1996
  • People. Eater, edition pumpkin, 1996
  • Overpainting the Darkness - New Poems from Austria, edition umbruch, 1994
  • Trash novel, edition pumpkin, 1994
  • Seventeenth, edition pumpkin, 1994
  • Loud noise, edition kürbis, 1994
  • Muscles on paper, Edition S, 1986
  • Land massacre, Edition S, 1986
  • Inside Graz, Verlag Droschl, 1985
Sound carrier (music)
  • The Pollanz Download - "Livingroom Stereo" (CD, 1996)
  • TMDownload's Instruction Manual (CD, 1998)
  • ultrascope - from home (CD, 2000)
  • ultrascope - goodbye world (CD, 2002)
  • Karaoke King (CD, 2005)
  • Les Machines Molles - Before Memory's Gone (CD, 2011)
  • From Alaska to Alaska, Songs from the Isolierband (Vinyl, CD, 2016)

See also

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