René friend

René Maximilian Freund (born February 14, 1967 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

The son of the television director and cultural manager Gerhard Freund , who died in 1979, worked from 1988 to 1990 as a dramaturge at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. In 1992 he completed his studies ( philosophy , theater studies , ethnology ) at the University of Vienna with the thesis The Influences of Occultism on the Genesis of the National Socialist Weltanschauung ; In 1994 he received his doctorate with the dissertation on the philosophical connection of esoteric and fascist world views as Dr. phil.

René Freund writes plays , novels , glosses , non-fiction books and also works as a translator (English, French). He has been a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly since 2011. Today he lives in Grünau im Almtal , Upper Austria .

1987 Deschek , play
1993 Party relations , comedy
1994 Solo booth , a peep show for the theater
1995 At the chair lift , play (world premiere at the Volkstheater Vienna 1997)
1996 wake , play
1998 Angstfleisch / Fleischangst (with Petrus van der Let ), documentary film
1999 was a grotesque war
2003 No more André , comedy (world premiere at Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck 2005; further productions in Schwechat and Berlin )
2005 The Golden Nose , Comedy (first performance at the Komödienspiele in Porcia Castle )
2006 Happy hours , (premiere 2012 Freie Bühne Wieden)
2007 Herzfleisch - a Schrammel collage (premiere in July at the Schrammel.Klang.Festival)
2008 played out! , Comedy (premiere Komödienspiele Porcia)
2009 The Geier Wally. Play in 14 pictures freely based on motifs from the novel by Wilhelmine von Hillern. (World premiere Waldbühne Bromberg)
2010 Der Freischütz . Play based on motifs from the legend of the same name. (World premiere Waldbühne Bromberg)
2011 Jackpot or the playful grandmother , comedy based on an idea by Hary Gugenberger (world premiere Waldviertler Hoftheater Pürbach)

1989 Deschek - An act in 23 parts , director: Heinz-Wilhelm Schwarz, production: ORF-S
1996 On the chairlift , directed by Adeline Schebesch, Production ORF-K
2003 Theater Blood , director: Götz Fritsch, production: ORF
2005 No more André , director: Götz Fritsch, production: ORF
2007 Klinik unter Almen , director: Götz Fritsch, composition: Thomas Kohlwein; Production: ORF
2008 You will be beautiful with me , director: Ulrich Lampen, production: SWR (= Klinik unter Almen as Alemannic oral arthearing)
2008 No more André , director: Ulrich Lampen, production: SWR (Baden-Palatinate oral artheart)
2014 Liebe unter Fischen , director: Beatrix Ackers, composition Max Nagl, production: NDR

Brown magic? Occultism , New Age and National Socialism . Picus, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-85452-271-1
Land of dreamers. Between size and megalomania: Unrecognized Austrians and their utopias . Picus, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85452-403-X
From the Middle. Sketches from the Salzkammergut . Picus, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85452-702-0
Til the end of the world. On foot on the Camino de Santiago . Picus, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85452-722-5
Viennese theater blood . Novel. Picus, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85452-452-8
City, country and thanks for the boat . Real satires. Picus, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85452-460-9
Interactions . Novel. Picus, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85452-482-X
Danube, steel and cloud sound. Linz moments . Picus, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85452-943-9
Love among fish . Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-552-06216-0
My father the deserter . A family story. Deuticke, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-552-06256-6
Nobody knows what time it is . Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-552-06330-3
To the sea . Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-552-06371-6
Swinging Bells . Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-552-06400-3

1987 Literature Prize of the City of Villach
1998 Talent promotion bonus from the state of Upper Austria for literature
2003, 2005 federal drama scholarships
2005 anniversary scholarship from the Literar-Mechana
2006 Drama Scholarship from the City of Vienna
2009 State grant for literature and Adalbert Stifter grant from the state of Upper Austria

personal data
SURNAME	Friend, René
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Freund, René Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna