Walter Wippersberg

Walter Johannes Maria Wippersberg (born July 4, 1945 in Steyr , Upper Austria ; † January 31, 2016 there ) was an Austrian writer, theater director, filmmaker and photo artist.

Wippersberg studied theater studies, art history and psychology in Vienna. From 1965 to 1970 he was a set designer and director on various small stages. Since 1990 he has taught screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Vienna Film Academy .

Works (selection)

Non-fiction

• The war on smokers. On the cultural history of smoking bans. Promedia, 2010 ISBN 978-3-85371-317-4 .

Scripts

• Attempted escape. 1976.
• Sankt Petri snow. 1991.
• The feast of the chicken . 1992 (also director).
• Dark, enigmatic Austria . 1994.
• The capital. 1995, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger .
• The truth about Austria. 2001.

Children's books

• Sleep on the wind. Herold-Spectrum, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-7767-0383-0 .
• Julia's witch. Obelisk, Innsbruck, ISBN 3-85197-201-5 .
• Constantine the cat. Constantine becomes famous. Constantine on the move. 3 volumes. Obelisk, Innsbruck 1973–1975; again Thienemanns , from 1977, ISBN 978-3-522-12650-2 (for Konstantin becomes famous ), Illustr. Franz Josef Tripp .
• Erik and Roderik. A knight's story. Obelisk, Innsbruck 1977, ISBN 3-85197-148-5 .
• Mr. Socrates and the violet-blue lady. Obelisk, Innsbruck 1979.
• Max the unlucky fellow. 1990.
• Bad times for ghosts. Nagel & Kimche 1996, ISBN 3-312-00798-4 .
• The knight of the sad figure. Obelisk, Innsbruck 2001, ISBN 3-85197-415-8 .
• Good times for ghosts. Obelisk, Innsbruck 2003, ISBN 3-85197-458-1 .

Novels

• Back light. Hanser, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-446-03128-6 .
• A beginning of something. 1982.
• The madmen and the murderers. 1998.
• Useful idiot. 1999.
• The story of a ridiculous man. 2000.

Narrative essays

• Something about God. How it was invented and where it led to. 2006.
• An unwilling return. Two reports about me. 2008.

Wippersberg's books have been translated into French, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, American and Japanese.

Awards

• Theodor Körner Prize 1970
• Culture Prize of the State of Upper Austria 1988
• Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature
  • 1971 for sleeping on the wind
  • 1991 for Max, the unlucky fellow
• Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1971 for sleeping on the wind
  • 1975 for eyewitnesses
  • 1984 for Bad Times for Ghosts
  • Ten special books on Andersentag 2004 for Erik and Roderik
• 1992 Austrian Adult Education Award for the Festival of the Chicken
• Gold Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria 2005
• Television award of the Austrian national education 2005 for my father, my wife and my lover
  • Literature Promotion Prize of the Province of Upper Austria
  • Film promotion award of the City of Vienna

Web links

• Literature by and about Walter Wippersberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Walter Wippersberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Walter Wippersberg near Plautz
• Homepage of Walter Wippersberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Festival of the Chicken" author Walter Wippersberg is dead. In: Nachrichten.at. February 1, 2016.