René Steininger

René Steininger (2020)

René Steininger (born May 30, 1970 in Paris ) is an Austrian poet and prose writer.

Life

Steininger was born to Austrian parents in Paris and grew up in Prague , Helsinki , Vienna and Kuwait .

After graduating from the French baccalaureate , he studied philosophy and history in Vienna from 1989 and received his doctorate in 1996 with a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche in the reception of French postmodernism .

He worked as a freelance author in Hamburg and from 2000 as a lecturer at the German Institute in Bucharest and Bratislava. Since his return to Vienna in 2006 he has been working as a freelance German teacher.

Artistic creation

In Bucherverlag Steininger published in 2008 and 2011, the two volumes rinforzando and tremolando. Another seven works followed, in 2013 in the Edition Art Science Gravitöne and the Anthropocene Tetralogy with a lyrical footnote apparatus published by the Red Numbers publishing house . Steininger prefers the genre of poetry and short aphoristic prose. In his texts, he combines German mother tongue, French influences and Anglo-American models to create a poetic minimalism.

Works

Single issues

• Rinforzando . Poems and stories I . Bucher, Hohenems 2008, ISBN 978-3-902612-39-7 .
• Tremolando . Poems and Stories II . Bucher, Hohenems 2011, ISBN 978-3-99018-018-1 .
• Gravitones. Edition Art Science, St. Wolfgang 2013, ISBN 978-3-902864-31-4 .
• In Margine. Poems and poetic prose . Red Numbers Publishing House, Buxtehude 2014, ISBN 978-3-944643-41-0 .
• Close-up broadcasts. A triptych . Red Numbers Publishing House, Buxtehude 2015, ISBN 978-3-944643-66-3 .
• Found objects. Small lexicon of lost things . Red Numbers Publishing House, Buxtehude 2016, ISBN 978-3-944643-69-4 .
• On occasion. A labbook . Red Numbers Publishing House, Buxtehude 2018, ISBN 978-3-944643-78-6 .
• Addenda . A lyrical apparatus . Red Numbers Publishing House, Buxtehude 2019, ISBN 978-3-944643-90-8 .

Anthologies

• Notes . "Osiris", Aachen 2000, ISBN 3-89086-800-2 .
• Travel poems . “Drafts”, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-906729-41-9 .
• Objections . “Literature and Criticism”, Neue Prosa, Salzburg 2005, ISSN 0024-466x.
• Poems . “Literature and Criticism”, Neue Lyrik, Salzburg 2006, ISSN 0024-466x.
• About Nicolas Gomez Davila . Information Philosophy, Lörrach 2006, ISSN  1434-5250 .
• Coconing . "Radieschen", Vienna 2009, ZVR-Nr 671895868.
• MA 48 . "DUM", issue No. 50, Langenlois 2009, ZDB 2052308-7.
• Sin zunami . DUM, issue No. 52, Langenlois 2009, ZDB 2052308-7.
• Monitoring . " Um [loud]", Cologne 2009, ISSN  1866-9816 .
• Souvenirs . "Etcetera", Sankt Pölten 2009, ISSN  1682-9115 .
• Slipping . "Weisz auf Schwarz", Rostock 2009, ISSN  1866-8607 .
• Aquarium . “Drafts”, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-906729-73-2 .
• Encyclopedia of Melancholy, on the work of WG Sebald . "Ostragehege", Dresden 2009, ISSN  0947-1286 .
• About the freedom to be defenseless . About Marlen Haushofer ("Aurora", 2009 Seekirchen, online)
• What does Deleuzian mean? "Enlightenment and Criticism, Journal for Free Thought and Humanistic Philosophy", Nuremberg 2009, ISSN  0945-6627 ; Reprinted in: “Scheidewege, annual journal for skeptical thinking”, Reutlingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7776-1687-2 .
• Bouillabaisse . "Grater", Kapfenberg 2010, ISSN  1810-0473
• Elsewhere. Travel poems . "Dulzinea", Fulda 2010, ISSN 1618-470x.
• Andragogy . "DUM", issue No. 53, Langenlois 2010, ZDB 2052308-7.
• The physiognomist . "DUM", issue No. 60, Langenlois 2011, ZDB 2052308-7.
• Poeticus disease . "Reibeisen", Kapfenberg 2011, ISSN  1810-0473 ; Reprinted in: "DUM", issue no. 57, Langenlois, ZDB 2052308-7.
• Fabric . "DUM", issue No. 60, Langenlois, ZDB 2052308-7.
• A trip to Uranus via the Puster Valley . "Driesch", Neusiedl / Zaya 2011, ISSN  2078-6433 .
• Variations . "DUM", issue No. 65, Langenlois 2013, ZDB 2052308-7.
• Looking at a Tasmanian tiger . "Sealing ring ", Bonn 2014, ISSN  0724-6412 .
• On seals . Buxtehude 2014, ISBN 978-3-94464346-5 .
• The last of the Mohicans of literary bohemia. To the estate of Charles Bukowski . “Glanz & Elend”, Munich 2014, online; Print in: "Opponents", Issue No. 26, Berlin, ISSN  2199-0824 .
• Richard Brautigan or the Milky Way on your doorstep . “Glanz & Elend”, Munich 2016, online.
• Asceticism and fire. On the lyrical work of Thomas Merton . "Fixpoetry", Hamburg 2018, online.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ René Steininger: rinforzando. Poems and stories. Accessed February 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ REVIEW: René Steininger. tremolando. Poems & Stories II - by Dagmar Kostalova. Accessed February 1, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Not always difficult - but often strong | Fixpoetry. Accessed February 1, 2020 . 
4. ↑ The sea within us. January 19, 2015, accessed on February 1, 2020 (German). 
5. ↑ Sabine Felderer | Fixpoetry. Accessed February 1, 2020 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about René Steininger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the author: www.renesteininger.at