Walter Klier
Walter Klier (born July 5, 1955 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian writer, critic, editor and author of mountain and hiking guides.
Life
Walter Klier lives in Innsbruck and is the son of the publicist and writer Heinrich Klier and Henriette Klier. Together with his parents he wrote some hiking guides.
From 1980 to 1984 Klier was co-editor of the satirical magazine "Luftballon" and from 1989 to 1997 co-editor of the cultural magazine Gegenwart (Innsbruck) . In 1990, under the pseudonym Luciana Glaser, he published the story “End of Winter” together with Stefanie Holzer .
Klier has been dealing with the question of the authorship of Shakespeare's works for some time . In his book The Shakespeare Case , he argues that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford , was the true author of the Shakespeare canon.
Awards
- 1984 Art Prize of the City of Innsbruck 3rd Prize for Narrative Poetry
- In 1988 he read at the competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- 2012 Otto Grünmandl Literature Prize
Literary works
- Message in a bottle . Roman, Munich 1983
- The beginners . Story, Munich 1985
- Katarina Mueller . Biography. Innsbruck 1989
- Eden department store and other prose. Salzburg 1990
- End of winter . Narration (with Stefanie Holzer). Vienna, Darmstadt: Zsolnay, 1990
- Rioters . Novel. Vienna 1991
- The Shakespeare plot . Essay. Goettingen 1994
- It is a good country . Essay. Vienna 1995
- Green times . Novel. Vienna 1998
- Innsbruck . with Franco Coccagna. Essay. Innsbruck 1999
- Hotel Bayer, a story from the twentieth century . Innsbruck 2003
- The Shakespeare case . (Extended version of Shakespeare's plot). Buchholz in the north heath 2004
- My conspiratorial childhood and other true stories . Innsbruck 2005
- Lieutenant Pepi goes to war . Novel. Hohenems 2008
Mountaineering works
- ( Alpenvereinsführer ) Zillertal Alps , Rother Bergverlag , Munich, 11th edition 1996 ISBN 978-3-7633-1269-6
- (Alpenvereinsführer alpin) Karwendel , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 15th edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-7633-1121-7
- (Alpine Club Guide) Ötztaler Alpen , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 14th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1123-1
- (Alpenvereinsführer alpin) Stubai Alps , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 13th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1271-9
- (Hiking guide) Ötztal , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 4th edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-7633-4094-1
- (Hiking guide) Pitztal - with Imst and the surrounding area , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 978-3-7633-4058-3
- (Hiking guide) Around Innsbruck - Karwendel - Sellrain - Tuxer Alps , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 2nd edition 2002, ISBN 978-3-7633-4058-3
- (Hiking guide) Around Sterzing - Wipptal: From Brenner to Brixen , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 1st edition 1999, ISBN 978-3-7633-4167-2
- (Hiking guide) Stubai - Wipptal - with Gschnitz, Obernberg, Navis, Schmirn and Vals , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 3rd edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-7633-4172-6
- (Hiking guide) Zillertal - with Gerlos and Tuxer Tal , Rother Bergverlag, Munich, 5th edition 2002, ISBN 978-3-7633-4175-7
Editing
- Paul Fröhlich, Mixed Memories (1988)
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Klier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Klier's website
- Walter Klier at Haymon (with photo)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klier, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glaser, Luciana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer, essayist, literary critic, journalist; Alpine author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |