Christoph Wilhelm Aigner

born 1954 in Upper Austria’s Wels, he studied German Language and Literature, Communications and Sports Science in Salzburg. His publications include books of poetry, stories and other prose, translations as well as the novel »Die schönen bitteren Wochen des Johann Nepomuk« (tr: The beautiful bitter weeks of Johann Nepomuk). He is counted among the most important poets of today and received the Else Lasker Schüler Prize and the Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature.

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Vom Schwimmen im Glück
DVA
Stuttgart 2001

Zeitspüren. Giuseppe Ungaretti
DVA
Stuttgart/München, 2003

Logik der Wolken
DVA
München, 2004

Kurze Geschichte vom ersten Verliebtsein
DVA
München, 2005

Die schönen bitteren Wochen des Johann Nepomuk
DVA
München, 2006