Wolfgang Ratz
Wolfgang Ratz (born January 12, 1959 in Bilbao , Spain ) is an Austrian writer .
Life
Wolfgang Ratz was born in Bilbao in the Basque Country. He spent his childhood in Vienna and completed a degree in translation for Spanish , English and French as well as painting and graphics at the Vienna University of Applied Arts . Today Ratz works as a freelance writer, literary translator, painter and songwriter in Vienna. He writes poetry, prose and literary critical reviews. Contributions in German and Spanish appeared in literary journals (e.g. Literarisches Österreich , Die Furche , Literaricum, Galicia Hoxe, Diario de Querétaro) and anthologies. In 1991 he received the 3rd prize for poetry from the PEN Club Liechtenstein , in 1996 a mención de honor at the literary prize of the trilingual Latin American culture magazine Xicóatl, in 2006 the 2nd prize at the International Poetry Competition - German, the Feile Filíochta Dublin .
Wolfgang Ratz is a member of the Graz Authors ' Assembly , a founding member of the ALA (Latin American Authors in Austria) and a former board member of the Austrian Writers' Association .
Works
- Hoja rota / Zerrissenes Blatt , poetry Spanish-German (with Javier Tafur), Cuadernos negros, Calarcá 2007
- El idioma de las hormigas / The language of the ants , poetry Spanish-German, Verlag Vitrales de Alejandría, Caracas 2004, ISBN 980-6480-23-6
- Poesía entre dos mundos: antología ALA , Lyrik (Ed.), Edition Doppelpunkt, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85273-177-1
- Zimt und Metall , Lyrik, Verlag G. Grasl, Baden bei Wien 2002, ISBN 3-85098-259-9
- 1492-no truth is also a clarity , play (performance by theater group CCC in Spanish), Vienna 1992
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Ratz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry at the Graz Author Assembly
- Author information at the Austrian Society for Literature ( Memento from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Singer presence and blog on MySpace
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SURNAME | Ratz, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and literary critic |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bilbao , Spain |