Walter Grond

Walter Grond (born May 25, 1957 in Mautern , Styria ) is an Austrian writer .

Walter Grond (2015)

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Walter Grond served as co-editor of the literary magazine Nebelhorn from 1976 to 1980 and was a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly from 1980 to 1982 . From the 1980s he was also part of the Graz group . Since that time (1982) he has been working as a freelance writer. From 1986 he worked for five years in the editing department of ORF Styria and gave the recording. Literature from the Styrian regional studio . Walter Grond was a member of Lord Jim Lodge , an association of several artists, including Jörg Schlick , Martin Kippenberger , Albert Oehlen , Max Gad , Walter Grond and the writer Wolfgang Bauer . Grond headed the literature department at Forum Stadtpark for several years (1987–1995). From 1995 to 1997 he was President of Forum Stadtpark. During this time, Grond experienced some violent controversies in his cultural and political engagement. After his departure as chairman, he left Graz and has lived in Aggsbach Dorf in Lower Austria ever since .

Walter Grond not only appears as a novelist and essayist, but also deals with projects linking literature and the Internet. The “taxis” project was created in the context of Gerfried Stocker, who later headed the Ars Electronica Center in Linz (Upper Austria). A little later he took part in the development of the International House of Authors in Graz (1997/98). From 1991 to 1993 Walter Grond published the literature series "Essay" at Droschl Verlag in Graz . From 1997 to 2000 Walter Grond taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the German Institute of the University of Klagenfurt. At the same time he worked at the ICCM Salzburg (1997–2001). In 2002 he was a literary guest at the Collegium Helveticum at the ETH Zurich and was in charge of the project “Writing on the Net. Literature in the digital age ”. Since 2005 he has headed the European platform for literature readme.cc . Since 2009 he has been the Artistic Director of Literaturhaus Europa and the European Literature Days.

Prizes and awards (selection)

• 1980 Second prize in the literary prize of the authors' competition of the magazine "Profil"
• 1985 Prize for Literature from the Theodor-Körner-Stiftungsfonds for the promotion of science and art
• 1986 Franz Nabl Literature Prize of the City of Graz (together with Michael Donhauser, passed on by Peter Handke)
• 1991 Literature Prize of the State of Styria
• 1998 Österreich-1-Essay-Preis of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
• 2019 Lower Austrian Culture Prize - Appreciation Prize in the Literature category

Works

• The story of a true encounter. Edizione Esiliati, Civita de Bagnoreggio 1983.
• Land grab. Novel. Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 1984.
• Labrys. Novel. Special number, Vienna 1989.
• The field. Novel. Droschl, Graz 1991.
• Be right. A novel as a concept. Drosch, Graz 1992.
• The Schopenhauer. A play. Kippenberger: Rotterdam 1994.
• Absolutely great. Novel. Droschl , Graz 1994.
• Absolutely homer. Novel. Droschl, Graz 1995.
• The soldier and the beautiful. Novel. Haymon, Innsbruck 1998.
• The narrator and cyberspace. Essay. Haymon, Innsbruck 1999.
• Old Danube House. Novel. Haymon, Innsbruck 2000.
• Almasy. Novel. 2002 (as dtv paperback, 2005).
• Three men. Novellas. Haymon , Innsbruck 2004.
• Die Khedivin , Unionsverlag , Zurich 2006.
• The yellow divan. Roman , Haymon, Vienna and Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-8389-0121-3 .
• My daydream Trieste. Roman , Haymon, Vienna and Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7099-7003-4 .
• Wachau churches tell stories . A literary excursion to the churches of the Wachau. Together with Veronika Trubel, Haymon, Vienna and Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3709972151
• Three loves. Roman , Haymon, Vienna and Innsbruck 2017, ISBN 978-3709972144
• Summer without saying goodbye. Roman , Haymon, Vienna and Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-7099-3451-7

Editor of books

• with Lukas Cejpek: Farewell to Plato. Droschl, Graz 1990.
• Summiteers and lowland hikers. About new telling. Essays and dialogues. Haymon, Innsbruck 2001.
• with Johannes Fehr (ed.): Writing on the net. Literature in the digital age. 2 volumes. Haymon, Innsbruck 2003.
• with Beat Mazenauer (ed.): The true, false, beautiful. Reality show. Essays. Studienverlag / Haymon, Innsbruck 2005.
• Out in the Wachau. The somewhat different travel guide. 3 volumes. Haymon, Innsbruck 2011–2013.
• with Beat Mazenauer (Hrsg.): Literaturhaus Europa: Literature trends. So far 2015 and 2016, Edition Rokfor Zurich 2015–2016.
• with Beat Mazenauer and Veronika Trubel (eds.): eljub e-book week. So far 2015 and 2016, Edition Rokfor Zurich 2015–2016.

Editor of magazines and series

• Foghorn. Graz, 1976–1980
• Absolutely. Graz, 1992-1994
• Liqueur as standard . Vienna / Graz, 1995–1996
• Recording. Literature from the Styrian studio (with Heinz Hartwig). Graz: Droschl, 1985–1990
• Publication of the literature series Essay . 34 volumes. Graz: Droschl, 1991–1997
• Reading on the net. Books, websites. (with Beat Mazenauer). Innsbruck / Vienna: Studienverlag / Haymon

Literature on the Internet

• 1995: Taxis. An electronic hypertext environment (by Gert Stocker). Graz / Vienna / Frankfurt
• 2000–2003: Editing of the "electronic salon" with Martin Krusche and Klaus Zeyringer.
• since 2002: Web project writing on the net. Literature in the digital age.
• since 2004: Chairman of pilgern & surfen melk
• from 2005: Editor with Beat Mazenauer of the series Reading on the Net. Books, websites in Innsbruck / Vienna at Studienverlag / Haymon
• Collaboration in various network projects, since 2005 www.readme.cc
• since 2014: artistic director of Literaturhaus Europa

Radio play productions

• No silence and no talking. Director: Lucas Cejpek, Ernst M.Binder. ORF Styria, 1989
• Plato goodbye. Director: Lucas Cejpek, Walter Grond. Art radio, 1989
• My closet smells like animals. Chamber opera. Director: Lucas Cejpek, Walter Grond. ORF Styria, 1990
• Awake, the voice is calling us. Director: Walter Grond. Kunstradio ORF Vienna, 1991

Pieces and world premieres

• My closet smells like animals. (With Lucas Cejpek) Music. Dimitri Papageorgiu. Graz: Forum Stadtpark, 1990
• To the city of Vienna. Vienna: Theater an der Wien, 1993

Work for film and television

• Musil, who returned from emigration in 1981. Documentary. Director, screenplay: Walter Grond. Graz: Video Initiative, 1981.
• The long night of literature. Screenplay: Walter Grond. Graz: ORF Kunststücke, 1990

bibliography

• David-Christopher Assmann: literary business made in Austria (Walter Grond in Graz). In: Hermann Korte (ed.): Austrian contemporary literature. Special volume text + criticism. Zeitschrift für Literatur, Issue 9, 2015. pp. 113–128.
• Nina Birkner u. York-Gothart Mix: Power struggles in the "social hell"? Thomas Bernhard's "Falling Woods", Walter Gronds "The Soldier and the Beautiful", the Austrian cultural scene, freedom of art and the right to personality. In: Claude D. Conter (ed.): Justitiableness and legality. Amsterdam u. New York: Rodopi 2010. pp. 47-64.

Web links

• Literature by and about Walter Grond in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography on the website of the Literaturhaus Wien
• http://berkenheger.netzliteratur.net/ouargla/arc/wgrond.htm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ readme.cc; accessed on December 21, 2019
2. ↑ Michaela Fleck: Culture Awards 2019: 24 awards and lots of art from Lower Austria. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . November 5, 2019, accessed November 5, 2019 . 
3. ^ Literaturshausuropa.eu, imprint; accessed on December 21, 2019