Wolfgang Hermann (writer)
Wolfgang Hermann (born September 27, 1961 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian writer.
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
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Hermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.wolfganghermann.at/
- http://www.vorarlberg.at/VLB/felder/Einzelaufnahme/Hermann_Wolfgang_Sammlung1.htm
- http://www.haymonverlag.at/suchframe.php3?suchbegriff=hermann author profile
- https://www.nachschlage.net/search/document?index=mol-16&id=16000000229&type=text/html&query.key=A7aBQKIJ&template=/publikationen/klg/document.jsp&preview= Biography
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 | |
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SURNAME | Hermann, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bregenz , Vorarlberg |