Wilhelm Kuehs
Wilhelm Kuehs (born November 19, 1972 in Wolfsberg ) is an Austrian writer and Germanist .
Life
Wilhelm Kuehs grew up in St. Stefan in Lavanttal . He studied German and comparative literature at the University of Klagenfurt . During his studies he worked for various Carinthian daily newspapers. From 1999 to 2001 Kuehs worked as a lecturer for German language and literature at the Croatian Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek . In the meantime he is also a lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt. In July 2014 he did his doctorate there in German Philology .
Wilhelm Kuehs has published several novels and non-fiction books, he gained particular fame with his publications of legends from Carinthia and the surrounding Adriatic region.
As part of the Bleiburg literary competition “Carinthia literally - Koroška v besedi”, he won the main prize in the prose category in November 2014 with his text Sarajevo Falling. In May 2015, the first volume of his crime series about the journalist Ernesto Valenti was published with “The Last Rock Has No Bags”.
He is married and lives with his family in Völkermarkt .
Works
- Die Thrud , Tandaradai Verlag / Edition Wolfsberg, 1993 ISBN 3-901078-10-X
- The writing valley , Der Wolf-Verlag, Wolfsberg, 1995. (as editor) ISBN 3-901551-02-6
- Die Fakel des Orpheus , Der Wolf-Verlag, Wolfsberg, 1996. (together with Hanns Renger) ISBN 3-901551-15-8
- Das malende Tal , Der Wolf-Verlag, Wolfsberg, 1998. (as editor) ISBN 3-901551-14-X
- The glass rings of Satan , Aarachne, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85255-032-7
- The Saligen, sagas from Carinthia , Hermagoras, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 2006 ISBN 3-7086-0253-6
- Legends from Carinthia, Friuli and Slovenia , Styria, Vienna, 2012 ISBN 978-3-7012-0115-0
- In the Shadow of War, An Ernesto Valenti Novel , 2012
- The Vampire of Vukovar (Ernesto Valenti Stories - Short Story) , 2012
- Carinthian sagas , Tyrolia, Innsbruck [u. a.], 2013 (together with Jakob Kirchmayr) ISBN 978-3-7022-3314-3
- Myth weaver. Social action and myth , Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2015 ISBN 978-3-658-09812-4
- The last skirt has no pockets. Ein Kärnten Krimi , Haymon, Innsbruck, 2015 ISBN 978-3-7099-7804-7
- Who laughs last. Ein Kärnten Krimi , Haymon, Innsbruck, 2016 ISBN 978-37099-7824-5
- Diana's list. A biographical novel , Tyrolia, Innsbruck, 2017 ISBN 978-3-7022-3597-0
- My last will be done: A Carinthian thriller , Haymon, Innsbruck, 2017 ISBN 978-3-7099-7883-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrike Greiner: Legendary narrator ( Memento from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: kleinezeitung.at from October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Petra Mörth: A journalist uncovered murders ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: woche.at of May 23, 2012, accessed on November 12, 2013.
- ↑ Supplement to the Academic Celebration ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the University of Klagenfurt on July 4, 2014, accessed on August 9, 2015.
- ↑ Carinthia literally - Koroška v besedi In: volksgruppe.orf.at of November 10, 2014, accessed on June 22, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuehs, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfsberg , Carinthia |