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Erich Hackl

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Erich Hackl

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954-05-26 （Steyr, Upper Austria）
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer
Active Years
1987-

Education

University of Salzburg
Country: Austria

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Aurora's Motive

1987 novel

Farewell Sidonia

1989 novel

Sara und Simón

1995 novel

Work resembling Latin-American testimonial literature

Latin Americatestimonial literature

The Wedding in Auschwitz

2002 novel

Bibliography

  • Auroras Anlaß, 1987 (Aurora's Motive, 1989)
  • Abschied von Sidonie, 1989 (Farewell Sidonia, 1991)
  • König Wamba, 1991
  • Sara und Simón, 1995
  • In fester Umarmung, 1996
  • Entwurf einer Liebe auf den ersten Blick, 1999 (Narratives of Loving Resistance, 2006)
  • Der Träumer Krivanek, 2000
  • Die Hochzeit von Auschwitz, 2002 (The Wedding in Auschwitz, 2006)
  • Anprobieren eines Vaters, 2004
  • Als ob ein Engel, 2007 (Argentina's Angel, 2014)
  • Familie Salzmann, 2010
  • Dieses Buch gehört meiner Mutter, 2013
  • Drei tränenlose Geschichten, 2014 (Three tearless histories, 2017)
  • Am Seil, 2018 (On the rope, 2020)
  • Im Leben mehr Glück, 2019
  • Rudolf Schönwald: Die Welt war ein Irrenhaus. Meine Lebensgeschichte, nacherzählt von Erich Hackl, 2022

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style resembling Latin-American testimonial literatureDocumentary elements

Legacy

Well-known in the German-speaking world, works translated into 25 languages. Focus of scholarly research by Latin Americanists.

Quotes

  • an exceptional book because the author 'has chosen not to conceal the documentary origins of his novel. Rather than producing a researched-based fictionalized account, honouring history and abiding by the literary conventions, he has given himself entirely to the subject'
    Source: The Times Literary Supplement (2009)

Trivia

  • Works have been translated into 25 languages.