Kathrin Röggla was born in Salzburg in 1971. She has been appearing as an author since 1988. Her focus is on prose and texts for theater as well as radio. Since her literary debut »Niemand lacht rückwärts« [1995; tr: Nobody Laughts Backwards], she has published several prose volumes that cross
born in Salzburg in 1954, is an Austrian writer and editor of the magazine »Literatur und Kritik«. He has received numerous awards for his essays, travel reports, journals and narrative prose, most recently the Jean Améry Prize for European essay writing. He is a member of the German Academy for
Jutta Treiberwas born in Oberpullendorf, Austria, near the Hungarian border, in 1949. After studying German and English at the University of Vienna she worked at a secondary school in her hometown. In addition she ran the local cinema owned by her family for more than twenty years. At the age
born in Linz, Austria in 1968. Studied Process Engineering at Vienna University of Technology. Doctoral thesis on entropy evaluation of mass balances in waste management. Academic posts at Yale and ETH Zurich. In 2003, Rechberger was appointed Professor for Resource Management at TU Vienna, where he assumed the office of
Heinz Janisch was born in Güssing, in the Austrian state of Burgenland and studied German literature and journalism at the University of Vienna. Since 1982 he has been working as a freelancer for ORF-radio and is the chief editor of the series ‘Menschenbilder’. Since the publication of his first children’s book ‘Mario, der
Haralampi G. Oroschakoff born in Sofia in 1955, emigrated with his parents to Vienna in 1961, and has been a writer, painter and illustrator in the international art industry since 1980. His work focuses on the Byzantine civilisation. He published numerous texts concerning the east west conflict and the position
Hannes Wirlinger was born in 1970 in Linz. At the age of sixteen, he already tried his hand at writing his first texts, including poems, short stories, and novels. With the intention of becoming a professional writer, Wirlinger began to study journalism and political science in Vienna after graduating from
Gerhard Rühm was born in Vienna in 1930. He studied Piano and Composition at the Vienna Music Academy and became especially interested in twelve-tone music. Excited by these principles of composition, Rühm also dedicated himself to the visual arts and to literature. He found like-minded souls in H.C. Artmann and
Gerald Jatzek [Austria] Gerald Jatzek was born in Vienna in 1956. He studied English, Romance Studies, German Studies, Ethnology, Philosophy and Cultural Management, and graduated with degrees in Pedagogy and Journalism. During his studies, he worked as a postman, busker and night porter. Gerald Jatzek has written for children and
Georg Stefan Troller was born in Vienna in 1921 and served an apprenticeship as a bookbinder. At sixteen, shortly after the November pogroms, he fled Nazi persecution via Czechoslovakia to France, carrying Karl Kraus’ »The Last Days of Mankind« in his luggage. He obtained an American visa in Marseille in
Friederike Mayröcker was born in Vienna in 1924. After being drafted as an air force aide during World War II, she took »external A-levels« in 1950, having already worked as an English teacher at Viennese high schools since 1946. Her first poems appeared in Vienna’s avant-garde journal »Plan«. In 1956
Franz Orghandl was born in Vienna in 1980 and works as an author and translator. »In den Wald» (2019; tr: Into The Forest) is a book for children from the age of 9 and up. It tells the story of little Nina who accesses a giant, pristine forest through her
