Walter Buchebner
Walter Buchebner (* 1929 in Mürzzuschlag ; † 1964 in Vienna ) was an Austrian poet.
Life
Walter Buchebner grew up in Mürzzuschlag and went into hiding in 1945 to avoid being drafted into the Volkssturm . After finishing high school in Bruck an der Mur , he went to Vienna to study German . However, he did not complete his studies. His first poems were published as early as 1951; three years later he married. He broke off his studies and worked, among other things, as a construction worker, dispatcher, fitter, telegraph operator and educator and from 1956 headed a branch of the Wiener Städtische Libraries .
Walter Buchebner was inspired by Allen Ginsberg, among others . In 1962 he received the Theodor Körner Prize .
In 1959 he was diagnosed with severe kidney disease. Walter Buchebner committed suicide in 1964, presumably because of great pain. The Kunsthaus Mürzzuschlag developed from the Walter Buchebner Society dedicated to his memory .
Works
- Cellulose time. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1969.
- The white wilderness. Styria, Graz 1974.
- I the owl from Vienna Edition Atelier , Vienna 2011.
Web links
- Portrait in Die Presse
- Literature by and about Walter Buchebner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buchebner, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mürzzuschlag |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1964 |
| Place of death | Vienna |