Robert Blunder

Robert Blunder, 2011

Robert Blunder (born June 5, 1957 in Kufstein ) is an Austrian writer, business economist and university lecturer. He also writes under the pseudonym "Robert Lundberg".

Life

Robert Blunder grew up in Kufstein and, after graduating from high school in June 1975, trained as a reserve officer with the armed forces at BRG Wörgl , before studying business administration at the University of Innsbruck from 1977 . After graduation in 1982, a stay at Harvard Business School followed in 1983 as part of a Fulbright scholarship . He received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of Innsbruck.

He then served a total of three times with the UN peacekeeping forces in the Golan Heights (Syria): 1983/84, 1993/94 and 1996/97. Most recently he held the rank of colonel (appointed July 1, 2001). He wrote experiences from his UN missions in his novel Falken des Friedens , published by Haymon Verlag in 2000 , in which he plays the main character. His novel was reviewed by Vladimir Vertlib in the Wiener Zeitung and by Alfred Ohswald on Buchkritik.at. On June 2, 2013 he was in the ORF -Talkshow in the center at Ingrid Thurnher occasion of the completion of the UNDOF AUSBATT mission to guest.

Robert Blunder has worked in industrial and management consulting since 1982. From 1998 to 1999 he was a professor for general business administration and organization at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences , and from 2000 to 2008 lecturer and head of studies at the University of Liechtenstein (Department of Economics). Since 2009 he has been Professor of Business Administration with a focus on International Management and in particular key competencies at the FOM - University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management , in Munich.

Robert Blunder leads seminars on the topics of rhetoric, presentation and communication, as well as creative, literary and professional writing.

From 2004 to 2006, Robert Blunder completed and successfully completed his university didactics course at the University of St. Gallen while working . From 2013 to 2017 he contributed to the higher education didactic training of the lecturers as part of the ProfiLehrePlus course offer at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich .

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Literary publications

• Hawks of peace . Novel. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2000 [1. 2013 edition]. ISBN 3-85218-323-5 .

Literary contributions

• Genesis - an invention of the world. In: 2084. Nice new country life. 20 visionary short stories. Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster , 2012, ISBN 978-3-7843-5201-5 .
• Seeds of anger. In: torso. Journal of Literature. Winter 2011, ISSN  0944-520X .
• Heaven or hell . In: City Life. Literature Prize of the Swabian District 2008. Ed. By Peter Fassl. Augsburg: Wißner-Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-89639-676-1
• The black onyx. In: Cordelia Borchardt, Andreas Hoh (Ed.): The clock is running out. The best submissions to the Agatha Christie Detective Prize 2009. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18386-9 .
• Roland and the dream of the circus clown. In: Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (ed.): 55 adventure stories from Liechtenstein. GMG-Verlag, Schaan 2006, ISBN 3-906264-52-1 .
• The gift from the Christ Child. In: Jens Dittmar (Ed.): Winter in Liechtenstein. 2nd volume van Eck Verlag, Triesen 2004, ISBN 3-905501-74-0 .
• Silhouette. In: Procap Schweizerischer Invaliden-Verband (Ed.): Stories with a handicap. Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag , Basel 2004, ISBN 3-7245-1340-2 .

Prizes and awards

Literary scholarships

• 1992 and 1993: Literature scholarships from the Federal Ministry for Education and Art
• 1993 and 1998: Literature scholarships from the state of Tyrol
• 1997–2000: Literature grants from the Federal Chancellery , Section for Art Affairs
• 1998: Literature grant from the city of Kufstein

Prices

• 1993: 1st prize in the ideas competition of the city of Kufstein on the occasion of the 600th anniversary
• 2004: 1st prize in the writing competition of the Stein Egerta Education Center, Schaan , together with Radio Liechtenstein , Schaan
• 2004: 1st prize in the writing competition of the Liechtensteiner Vaterland daily newspaper for the short Christmas story The Present from the Christ Child
• 2008: 1st prize at the Swabian Literature Prize for an excerpt from the novella Heaven or Hell
• 2009 and 2010: Honorable mentions at the WriteMovies.com International Authors' Competition ( Los Angeles , USA ) for Die Saat des Zorns and The Weight of Conscience
• 2010: Prize of the jury at the 12th authors' competition “In the eye of the typhoon” of the Schwabenakademie Irsee ( Irseer Pegasus from January 3rd to 5th 2010) for the short story The Golden Rule
• 2011: Torso literary competition "Lust", honorable mention for the short story Saat des Zorns . Literature magazine Torso , issue 20, winter 2011.

Volunteering

• Austrian water rescue , Kufstein mission, founding member, 1977,
• FC Kufstein , founding member, 1987, On the initiative of the then Vice President of SC Kufstein, Robert Blunder, the two Kufstein football clubs, SC and ESV Kufstein, were merged to form FC Kufstein in 1987, with a Bundesliga team (2nd division) and an amateur team (Landesliga) .
• Salseros Latin Club Kufstein, founding member, 2006

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert Blunder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Robert Blunder in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Georg H. Schlatter Binswanger: Blunder, Robert. In: German Literature Lexicon . Vol. 3: Blaas-Braunfels. Saur, Zurich & Munich 2002, ISBN 3-908255-03-1 , Sp. 154.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Blunder, Robert (Ps. Robert Lundberg). In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2008/2009. Vol. 1: A – O, KG Saur, Munich Leipzig 2008, p. 120.
3. ↑ Blunder, Robert (Ps. Robert Lundberg). In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2010/2011. Vol. 1: A – O, De Gruyter, 2010, p. 93.
4. ↑ Graduates of the Bundesrealgymnasium Wörgl: Robert Blunder. Bundesrealgymnasium Wörgl, 2001.
5. ↑ Literary book. Blunder: Hawks of Peace. Wiener Zeitung, June 16, 2000.
6. ↑ Robert Blunder: Falcons of Peace. Buchkritik.at, December 14, 2000.
7. ↑ in the CENTER: Blue helmets on call - Golan mission before the end? ORF, May 31, 2013.
8. ↑ Prof. Dr. Robert Blunder. In: Teachers. FOM Munich; accessed on March 5, 2018.
9. ↑ Sport to: Six things about Prof. Robert Blunder. FOM Munich, December 10, 2012.
10. ↑ ProfiLehre: Language workshop for lessons. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich, 2013.
11. ↑ New Liechtenstein publications at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Welcome.li, Principality of Liechtenstein, October 12, 2004.
12. ^ Robert Blunder wins Swabian Literature Prize. Liechtensteiner Volksblatt , October 8, 2008.
13. ↑ Honorable Mention. In: WriteMovies Contest # 20 Results. WriteMovies.com.
14. ↑ Honorable Mention. In: WriteMovies Contest # 22 Results. WriteMovies.com.
15. ↑ Review: Prize Winners. Irseer Pegasus.
16. ^ Torso 20. Torso - literary magazine Munich / Berlin.