Reinhard P. Gruber

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Reinhard Peter Gruber (born January 20, 1947 in Fohnsdorf / Styria ) is a Styrian writer.

Life

Reinhard P. Gruber comes from the working class in the upper Mur Valley. He attended the Fohnsdorf elementary school, then the Judenburg high school. After graduating from high school in 1965, he studied at the University of Vienna . From 1967 to 1968 he interrupted his studies and stayed as a novice in a Benedictine abbey in Vienna ( Schottenstift ). After two years he continued his studies, which he completed in 1973 with the Absolutorium of Theology.

In 1971 he founded the literary magazine Frischfleisch together with Nils Jensen and Reinhard Wegerth . His path took him to Graz in 1973 , where he worked as a culture editor.

Gruber came to his first publications in the Kronen Zeitung from 1973 as part of the series “Confrontations”, in which Alfred Kolleritsch wanted to confront readers with “works by well-known authors and critics” once a week. In the same year he became editor of the Kronen Zeitung. He primarily wrote theater and literary reviews, but also portraits, etc. a. about Gerhard Roth , Bernhard Hüttenegger , Alfred Kolleritsch or Wolfgang Bauer . In his glossary Steirisch g'sehn he prepared humorous satirical current events and topics and commented on them. From 1974 to 1981 he wrote 23 articles for the Styrian diary of the Steirerkrone, in which authors commented on current events (especially those related to literature).

He has been a freelance writer since 1978. He has written novels, short prose, plays, essays, musicals and aphorisms. He also writes radio plays and scripts for films. Gruber worked as a writer with other writers. Mainly with Kolleritsch, but also with HC Artmann , Barbara Frischmuth and Wolfgang Bauer. With Gruber's help, the “Stainzer Literature Summer” was also created, a project that was financed by the Stainz community . In the course of his love for Schilcher, Gruber received the “Bacchus Prize” from the “Austrian Wine Institute” for his special services in the name of Austrian wine.

His breakthrough came with his early work From the life of Hödlmoser in 1973, which was performed in various dramatizations. He landed another great success in 1988 with Das Schilcher-ABC , in which he ironically deals with the inhabitants of his homeland, western Styria .

At the beginning of 2009, Gruber sold his estate , consisting of correspondence from the publisher, letters and manuscripts, to the state of Styria.

Awards

Works

Books

  • Everything about windmills . Essay. Einöd Presse, Saarbrücken 1971, new edition AQ-Verlag , 1985
  • From the life of Hödlmoser . A Styrian novel directed. Residence , Salzburg 1973
  • In the name of the father . Novel in sequels. Residence, Salzburg 1979
  • Home inwards. The distances in the stocks of the states . Athenaeum , Königstein im Taunus 1980
  • The green Madonna . Novel. With 18 sketches by the author. Droschl , Graz 1982
  • Homeless. A Styrian pub opera in a frenzy . Droschl, Graz 1985
  • From the roof of the world. Fate novellas . Droschl, Graz 1987
  • The Schilcher ABC . Droschl, Graz 1988
  • Never work again. Schivkov's messages from the other life . Residence, Salzburg 1989
  • With the most beautiful women in the world . Edition kürbis, Wies 1990
  • The negro in literature (with Ludwig Harig). Droschl, Graz 1992
  • Styrian Flesh and Blood . Translated into English: Peter Ian Waugh. Edition kürbis, Wies 1992
  • To America and back . Prose. Droschl, Graz 1993
  • The Geierwally. A Styrian musical . Droschl, Graz 1996
  • Fritz the sheep . Children's book. Residence, Salzburg 1996
  • Luck . Piece. Droschl, Graz 1997
  • Home is where the heart hurts . Early prose 1969–1978. Droschl, Graz 2000
  • The processes involved in viewing . Collected prose 1979–1986. Droschl, Graz 2001
  • Complete description of the world and surroundings . Droschl, Graz 2002
  • Styria . Styria, Graz 2002
  • Twice a hundred poems against poems . Droschl, Graz 2004
  • Hauns im Glik . Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, Graz 2004
  • All sports . Droschl, Graz 2008
  • The Schilcher War . Comic; Ill. Paul Scherübel. Medienfabrik Graz, Graz 2009
  • Just eat . Droschl, Graz 2010
  • 365 days . Droschl, Graz 2019, ISBN 978-3-99059-038-6

He also translated Asterix and the Avernerschild as well as Asterix at the Olympic Games into the Styrian dialect: Asterix and da Aweanaschüld , Asterix ba di Olympischn Schpüle .

Radio plays

  • Finally peace . ORF Styria , 1982
  • The eternal day . ORF Styria, 1983
  • Space Travel or Nietzsche in Goa . ORF Styria, 1985

Audio documents

  • Reinhard P. Gruber reads: Droschl
  • The Geierwally. The Styrian musical : extra plate
  • Luck. The soundtrack to the musical : Polygram (with Gert Steinbäcker )

Film scripts

  • Where the Aar still lives . TV movie, ORF, 1972
  • The industry is giving up its children . TV movie. ORF, 1976
  • Ski ABC or what does the ski do when not skiing? ORF Salzburg, 1980
  • Chicken saga. The imagery of literature. ORF Styria, 1982
  • The Schilcher. A Styrian legend . TV documentary. ORF Styria, 1989
  • Dear Archduke Johann! ORF Styria, 2001
  • Graz. A film by Günter Schilhan . ORF Styria, 2003
  • Graz 2003 - the film. TV film. ORF Styria, 2003
  • Aussee - the idiosyncratic republic. ORF Styria, 2003

literature

  • Andreas Lampl: Ironized Home - Critique of Life Forms. On the prose of Reinhard P. Gruber . Diploma thesis, Graz 1983
  • Patrizia Ebenberger: The son's loss of identity through the generation conflict in Reinhard P. Gruber's autobiographical novel 'In the name of the father' . Diploma thesis, Graz 1995
  • Daniela Bartens and Gerhard Fuchs (eds.): Reinhard P. Gruber . (= Dossier. 30.). Droschl, Graz 2011

swell

  1. ↑ Styria buys Vorlass von Gruber. In: oesterreich.orf.at. December 1, 2008, accessed November 23, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gruber, Reinhard P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Reinhard Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Fohnsdorf , Austria