Walter Thorwartl

Walter Thorwartl (born July 14, 1947 in Gröbming , Styria ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

After graduating from the Vienna Pedagogical Academy , he worked as a teacher in Vienna and Burgenland . Since 1973 teacher at the secondary school in Gröbming. First stories for his children were influenced by "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien . From the mid-80s he wrote short stories and plays for children. His literary work was strongly influenced by the books of the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov. Another example from English fantastic literature is z. B. Alan Garner . For his work "Im Schatten des Mullach" he received the Children's and Young People's Literature Prize of Styria in 1989 . More books followed.

Prices

• 1989 Children's and Young People's Book Prize of the State of Styria

Works

• 1989: In the shadow of the Mullach (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1990: The lynx rock (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1992: Gilbert's legacy (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1995: The skeleton in ivy (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1996: Feuermann and Waasensteffel (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1997: The fight for the Dachsstadel (Dachs-Verlag Ges.mbH)
• 1997: The Night of Hulla (Austrian Book Club of Youth)
• 1999: Celtic treasure and ghost hunter (Austrian Book Club of Youth)
• 2001: Dangerous friendships (Austrian Book Club of Youth)
• 2002: Merlins Weg (Dachs-Verlag)
• 2005: The Riddle of the Bone Hunter (Dachs-Verlag)
• 2006: You don't shoot pigs (G&G Kinder- u. Jugendbuchverlag Vienna)
• 2007: Engelraub (Residenz Verlag)
• 2012: Shadows in the Park (Verlag Hippopotamus in Residenz)
• 2013: The fight for the Löwenburg (Obelisk-Verlag)
• 2014: Dangerous friendships

Web links

• Walter Thorwartl on the web
• Literature by and about Walter Thorwartl in the catalog of the German National Library