Wolfgang Wenger

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Wolfgang Wenger (born November 18, 1962 in Braunau am Inn ) is an Austrian writer.

Life

Wolfgang Wenger grew up in Gurten in Upper Austria and in Linz / Danube . He studied German and religious education at the University of Salzburg ; he completed this course with a master's degree . Since then he has worked as a teacher at a higher education institution for business professions in St. Johann im Pongau , in addition, he led teacher training and took on teaching assignments for German didactics in the department of German studies at the University of Salzburg . Wenger is also active as a writer. He lives in Adnet / Hallein district .

Wolfgang Wenger is the author of narrative prose , essays and poetry .

Wolfgang Wenger received a. a. the following awards: 1989 the Rauriser Förderpreis , 1994 an annual scholarship from the State of Salzburg and an Austrian state scholarship in 1997 . In 2008 he was awarded the Salzburg Poetry Prize. In 1995 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . In 2017 he was a prizewinner at the Ö1 literary competition "But safe!" with the science fiction text "Das Nautilus-Kalkül", published in the anthology "But safe! The best texts from the Ö1 literary competition", edited by Edith-Ulla Gasser at Verlag Braumüller.

Works

  • Far away in the films , short prose, Salzburg / Vienna: Residenz Verlag 1990
  • The indifference of the desert inhabitants , prose, Salzburg / Vienna: Residenz Verlag 1991
  • The Manhattan machine , Roman, Salzburg / Vienna: Residenz Verlag 1992
  • The story of the moment , prose, Salzburg / Vienna: Residenz Verlag 1996
  • The Times Mill , Twelve Fairy Tales, Salzburg / Vienna: Otto Müller Verlag 2001
  • Shivas Kopf , Frankfurt am Main: OW Barth Verlag 2004 (as Fischer Taschenbuch 2006)
  • Three steps for Mount Fuji , Gosau / Salzburg / Vienna: Arovell Verlag 2009
  • Mara's Journey into the Heart of the World (youth novel), Salzburg / Vienna: Edition Tandem 2009
  • "Practice the wind, the leaves, the tree", poems (with drawings by Maria Anna Mahr), Salzburg / Vienna: Edition Tandem 2010
  • "What can I do? What can you do?", Children's book (with pictures by Susanne Popelka), Salzburg / Vienna: Edition Tandem 2011
  • "The island of vanished sounds", fantasy novel for young people aged 12 and over, all-age book (with illustrations by Luka Leben), Salzburg / Vienna: Edition Tandem 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Wenger, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunau am Inn