Wilhelm Hengstler

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Wilhelm Hengstler (born January 3, 1944 in Graz ) is a Styrian writer , screenwriter and director .

biography

After graduating from high school in 1963, he studied law at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and received his doctorate in 1969. Already during his law studies he emerged as a writer in the group of the Forum Stadtpark , his first reading of a publication in the manuscripts , introduced by Peter Handke , Held in 1966. In between, he also took on activities as a teacher and completed various postgraduate studies: political sciences / legal philosophy (Graz), econometrics (IHS Vienna), technical mathematics (TU Graz). Various activities as a director, writer and exhibition maker followed. From 1977 to 1980 he was the cultural editor of the Kronenzeitung , succeeding Reinhard P. Gruber. From 1980 he was a literary and theater critic for Volksstimme , and from 1986 to 1990 he was the cultural editor of the Styrian monthly magazine Klipp . He has been a theater critic for the press since 1997, and he also writes (film) essays, film and book reviews and essays for the Kleine Zeitung .

In addition to his literary work, Hengstler also wrote film reviews and theoretical works on film history, headed the film department of the Forum Stadtpark and also worked as a director (" Purgatory ", 1989, based on the novel by Jack Unterweger; "Tief oben", 1995; as well as several documentaries) . In 1978 he appeared alongside other authors in the anthology “Ausgeträum. Ten stories. ”In Suhrkamp-Verlag, in 1987 he published the prose volume“ The last premiere. Stories ”and in 2003 Droschl's novella“ fare ”, which is about the unusual story of a young man in modern Greece.

Works

  • Aha! Mhm! Very good! or Ten Little Imbeciles. (Piece). Sessler Verlag, Vienna 1973.
  • (together with Herms Fritz :) culture toes. Leykam Verlag, Graz 1977.
  • The last premiere. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1987.
  • Pilgrimage - ways to strength. (Book for the state exhibition), Graz 1994.
  • Fare. Droschl, Graz 2003.
  • Blob, blob. (Piece). Special print in the clearings , Graz 2005.
  • Hanns through time. Homage. (Screenplay) Provincial Library, Weitra 2007.
  • Pisco sour. Poems & Pictures. Special number publisher, Vienna 2012.
  • downstream, downstream. Droschl, Graz 2015.

Filmography

  • 1982 Hundeliebe everyday anthropology, director
  • 1984 built on ore , director (documentary for the Styrian state exhibition)
  • 1989 Purgatory , director / script
  • 1992 Lust & Leid , director (a cultural-historical essay for ORF / KUNST-STÜCKE)
  • 1994 Tief oben (Deep Above), 90 min., Director / book
  • 1996 First name Maria , via Mariazell for ORF / Kreuz & Quer
  • 2007 Hanns durch die Zeit , director / script

Shows and events

  • 1996 A life for technology. 100 years List , multimedia event for Prof. Hans List with KM Brandauer
  • 1996 Science on Stage / Cybercar , technology show about the car of the future with Niki Lauda
  • 2000 head images , event for the Gaugin exhibition in the Landesmuseum Joanneum

Awards

  • Viennese Prize 1989
  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Saarbrücken Prize 1989

Literary prizes

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Hengstler, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hengstler, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz