Werner Wöckinger
Werner Wöckinger (born March 5, 1967 in Linz ) is an Austrian author . He lives and works in Mauthausen .
Live and act
Wöckinger grew up in Mauthausen and graduated from the Realgymnasium Khevenhüllerstraße in Linz in 1985. He then studied economics for three years at the University of Linz. He has been married since 1992 and has three children. He has been a full-time paramedic since 1993. Since 2009 he has been involved with ASKÖ Mauthausen, among other things, in youth work.
Career as an author
The author went public around 1985 with occasional literary work (plays that were performed in the local environment and texts for the choir of the Mauthausen parish CPM Musica viva, which were self-published in 2002).
The first book publications were children's books, which were published between 2004 and 2008 by the Denkmayr publishing house. In 2006 he joined the regional literature group PromOtheus founded by Günther Maria Garzaner .
In 2017 Wöckinger started a series of local crime stories about the Upper Austrian inspector Oberbacher.
Works (selection)
- The sun never sets , Denkmayr Verlag, Linz, 2004. ISBN 3-902257-95-4
- heimat.fremde - playing with fire , Novum Verlag, Neckenmarkt, 2009. ISBN 9783990030264
Upper Austria crime novels
- Deadly Gala , Verlag Federfrei, Marktrenk 2017. ISBN 978-3-903092-94-5
- Deadly Staging , Verlag Federfrei, Marchtrenk 2018. ISBN 978-3-990740-23-1
- Tödliche Feint , Verlag Federfrei, Marchtrenk 2019. ISBN 978-3-99074-069-9
Awards
- With Dietmar Piessenberger (photographer): Photo book project youth football in Mauthausen , Ingrid Steininger cultural promotion award of the market town of Mauthausen (2017).
- With Alfred Hochedlinger (composer) and the church choir of the Mauthausen parish CPM musicaviva (performer): cantata Homo homini lupus (as text author), Ingrid Steininger cultural promotion prize of the market town of Mauthausen (2010)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on Werner Wöckinger , in: Web presence of Bücherwiki queried on January 22, 2018
- ↑ Bernhard Leitner: Mauthausen's author stabbed a wasp's nest with his new homeland thriller, in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten from January 21, 2018, queried on January 22, 2018
- ^ Photo book project , in: Werner Wöckinger's website queried on January 22, 2018
- ↑ Bernhard Leitner: Football and culture perfectly linked , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of September 18, 2017, queried on January 22, 2018
- ↑ The Prize Winner 2010, in: Web presence of the market community Mauthausen queried on October 22, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woeckinger, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5th 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria , Austria |