Wolfgang Popp (journalist)
Wolfgang Popp (* 1970 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer and journalist .
Life
Popp completed a degree in history and sinology in Vienna and at the Sichuan University in southwest China . He has led study tours in the Far East and published documentaries .
He has been a freelance radio and TV editor since 2005, and culture editor at Ö1 , a radio program of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) , since 2008 . His short stories have appeared in the literary magazine kolik , among others . His debut novel I must lie was published in 2013. His novel Die Verschwundenen was published in 2015 and received very positive reviews. In five episodes, the author shows different ways of disappearing and re-encountering. The book was on the shortlist of the Alpha Literature Prize and was awarded a book prize by the City of Vienna.
In January 2016, Wolfgang Popp's third novel, Desert World , was published, which ties in with the topic of “Disappearance”. A musician travels through the Moroccan desert after his brother, with whom he has not had any contact for several years. He has staged an adventurous scavenger hunt and always seems to be one step ahead of the narrator.
His novel The Clueless was on the shortlist of the European Union Literature Prize.
Works
- The philosopher in the pot. Eating thinkers, thinking eaters. (with Klaus Ebenhöh). Residence, St. Pölten 2008, ISBN 978-3-7017-3099-5 (non-fiction book)
- I would have to lie. Novel. Folio, Bozen 2013, ISBN 978-3-85256-603-0
- The disappeared. Novel. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-903005-02-0
- Desert world. Novel. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-903005-14-3
- The unsuspecting. Novel. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903005-41-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Popp in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audio sample The Disappeared , read by the author , SoundCloud
- ↑ Book information on The Disappeared on the publisher's website
- ↑ Book information about desert world on the publisher's website
- ↑ EU Literature Prize: The shortlist for Austria is fixed. Announcement on the website of the European Union Prize for Literature
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popp, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |