Wolfgang Hermann (writer)

Wolfgang Hermann (born September 27, 1961 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian writer.

Wolfgang Hermann

Life

Wolfgang Hermann grew up in Dornbirn in Vorarlberg and studied philosophy and German at the University of Vienna from 1981 . In 1986 he received his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on Friedrich Hölderlin . He then worked as a research assistant at the University of Vienna. He has been a freelance writer since 1987. In 1992 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .

Wolfgang Hermann writes prose , poetry , plays and radio plays . Some of his publications have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Arabic, Latvian, Slovenian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hindi. He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

He had different places of residence, as in North Africa and Sicily . From 1987 to 1990 he lived in Berlin , then in Paris and in Aix-en-Provence . From 1996 to 1998 he was a lecturer at the Sophia University in Tokyo.

Today Wolfgang Hermann lives in Vienna.

Awards

1987 Literature Prize from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
1990 Vorarlberg Literature Scholarship
1992 Theodor Körner Prize
1994 Prize of the International Lake Constance Conference
1998 Senate scholarship for Berlin writers
1999 annual scholarship from the state of Baden-Württemberg
2000 Rauris sponsorship award
2002 Siemens Literature Prize
2003 Puchberg Literature Prize
2005 scholarship from the manor house Edenkoben
2006 Anton Wildgans Prize
2007 Austrian Promotion Prize for Literature
2013 BMUKK book award for "Shadows on the Path through the Amber Forest"

Works

Books

The beautiful life. Prose. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1988
My Dornbirn . Essay, Hecht Verlag, Hard 1991
The names the shadows the days. Prose. Gatza Verlag, Berlin 1991
The color of the city. Novel. Bollmann Verlag, Bensheim u. a. 1992
Paris Berlin New York. Transformations. Gatza Verlag, Berlin 1992
Sleep in the seams of the city. Prose poem. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 1993
In cold rooms . Stories. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997
Fleeing landscape. Novel. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2000
Bruno . Drama. Edition workshop, Bregenz 2000.
Inside the day. Poems. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg a. a. 2002
The Japanese track book. Prose. Feldkirch u. a. 2003
The face in the depths of the street. Moments of a city. Prose. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg a. a. 2004
Mr. Faustini is away. Novel. Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2006
The unreality, stories. Edition Thurnhof, Horn 2006
Foreign shore. Legends. Bucher Verlag, Hohenems 2007
Mr. Faustini and the man in the dog. Novel. Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2008.
Construction of a city. Prose. Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck u. a. 2009
With you without you Novel. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2010
In reality I said nothing. Stories. Edition Laurin, Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-902719-38-6 .
The moments of Mr. Faustini. Roman, Haymon-Verlag, Innsbruck 2011, ISBN 978-3-85218-696-2 .
Farewell without end. Story, Langen Müller Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7844-3291-5 .
Shadows on the path through the amber forest. Poems, Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-902534-93-4 .
The art of flying underground. Roman, Langen Müller Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7844-3369-1 .
The last chants. Stories, Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2015.
Mr. Faustini stays at home . Roman, Langen Müller Verlag, Munich 2016
The Japanese track book. Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2017 (extended new edition with an afterword by Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker)
The animals and the words. Illustrations by Katharina Sieg. Nilpferd Verlag, Vienna 2018 (children's book)
Walter or the whole world. Narrative. Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2020
Munk's theory. Narrative. Punktum Verlag, Hamburg 2020
The light goer. Narrative. PalmArtPress, Berlin 2020

Libretti

Breath attack. A pneumatic piece. Music: Norbert Dehmke. UA International Music School Festival, Feldkirch, November 2002
Dance of death. Oratorio by Wolfgang Sauseng. WP Osterklang Festival. Vienna, April 2009
The shining river . Opera by Johanna Doderer . Premiere Theater Erfurt , October 2010
Bruno. Opera by Jakub Sarwas based on the play by Wolfgang Hermann. Premiere Preview, Festival for Contemporary Theater, Osnabrück September 2007

theatre

Bruno. Play. Premiere Theater for Vorarlberg, Bregenz, April 2000
Brokers Opera. Commissioned for action theater ensemble . Co-author Daniela Egger. Director: Martin Gruber. WP Bregenz Spring, Bregenz May 2002
The agents. Co-author Daniela Egger. Staged reading premiere of the Rauris Literature Days, March 2000.
Ghosts. Short drama. Commissioned by sommer.theater.hall. WP Hall in Tirol June 2009
Shaman simulation. Co-author Daniela Egger. Staged reading premiere Art Bodensee. Directed by Nikolaus Scholz, Dornbirn, July 2003
Tamamu. Artist collective under the direction of Roman Scheidl. From 1999 performances based on texts by Wolfgang Hermann in cultural centers in various European countries and in Japan. Posts in Tamamu-Café on Bayern Alpha.

Radio plays

In the darkness of the cities. Director: Manfred Mixner . Sender Free Berlin 1995
Vanessa. Director: Augustin Jagg. ORF Vorarlberg 1995
Julia. Director: Heinz Hartwig. ORF Styria 1996
Bruno. Director: Heinz Hartwig. ORF Styria 1997
The agents. Co-author: Daniela Egger. Director: Klaus Gmeiner. ORF Salzburg 2000 (Rauris Prize 2000)
www.moses.at. Co-author: Daniela Egger. Director: Heinz Hartwig. ORF Styria 2000
Shaman simulation. Co-author: Daniela Egger. Director: Ulrich Lampen. SWR 2002 (also director: Nikolaus Scholz. ORF 2003)

Translations

Andy Warhol / Truman Capote : A Sunday in New York, Berlin 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Columbus Interactive GmbH: Wolfgang Hermann - Critical Lexicon of Contemporary German Literature (KLG). In: www.nachschlage.net. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .
^ Review of Mr. Faustini and the man in the dog Von philosophischem Witz on Deutschlandfunk from July 22, 2008.

personal data
SURNAME	Hermann, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bregenz , Vorarlberg

[1] Columbus Interactive GmbH: Wolfgang Hermann - Critical Lexicon of Contemporary German Literature (KLG). In: www.nachschlage.net. Retrieved August 18, 2016 .

[2] Review of Mr. Faustini and the man in the dog Von philosophischem Witz on Deutschlandfunk from July 22, 2008.