Wolfgang Kraus (writer)
Wolfgang Kraus (born January 13, 1924 in Vienna ; † September 19, 1998 in Lienz , East Tyrol) was an Austrian author, presenter, literary critic and essayist , who was also the founder, longtime director and, since 1994, honorary chairman of the Austrian Society for Literature emerged.
Life
After studying German , Wolfgang Kraus worked as a freelance (professional) writer and editor for various publishers, press and radio editors .
In 1961 he was the founder and until 1994 head of the Austrian Society for Literature . From 1975–1981 he headed the cultural contact point of the Austrian Foreign Ministry.
Wolfgang Kraus designed numerous literary programs for ORF . He emerged as editor with anthologies by Oscar Wilde , Friedrich Nietzsche and Novalis, among others . In the last years of his life he edited, among other things, the annual volumes of the Austrian Franz Kafka Society and developed markings on a new humanism that appeared posthumously.
He received an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 63).
Works
- Rescue culture. Marks to a new humanism . Vienna, Böhlau 1999 ISBN 3-205-99007-2
- Future of Europe. Departure through union . Frankfurt 1993. 164 pp.
- New Continent Television ", 1989
- The traces of paradise. About Ideale , Verlag Paul Zsolnay, Vienna, Hamburg 1985
- Nihilism Today. or The patience of world history . Vienna, Hamburg: Zsolnay 1983. 183 pp. ISBN 3-596-24348-3
- The Return of the Individual , 1980
- Adoration Betrayed , 1978
- Culture and Power , 1975
- The silent revolutionaries , 1970
- The fifth estate. The rise of intellectuals in the West and East . Munich 1969. 131 pp., 1966
Awards
- 1978 the Anton-Wildgans-Preis der Industrie
- 1983 the Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism
Editing
- The Franz Kafka phenomenon . Lectures at the symposium of the Austrian Franz Kafka Society in Klosterneuburg in 1995. Vitalis, Prague 1997, ISBN 80-85938-02-2 (series of publications by the Franz Kafka Society, Volume 7).
- (with Norbert Winkler) Franz Kafka's problem of guilt. Böhlau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-205-98241-X (series of publications by the Franz Kafka Society, Volume 6).
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Kraus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Wolfgang Kraus in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Wolfgang Kraus in the literary archive of the Austrian National Library
- Wiener Zeitung : Maria Gornikiewicz: The "Austrian Society for Literature" is 40 years old ( Memento from April 2, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- Archive recordings with Wolfgang Kraus in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek (interviews, lectures, discussions, radio reports)
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SURNAME | Kraus, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author, moderator, literary critic and essayist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1998 |
Place of death | Lienz |