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Gert Jonke

ゲルト・ヨンケ

Geruto Yonke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1946-02-08 (Klagenfurt, Austria)
Died
2009-01-04 (Vienna) age 62
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German
Residence History
Klagenfurt → Vienna → Graz → West Berlin → London → Argentina

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright, novelist
Active Years
1969-2009
Influenced By
Peter Handke, Jorge Luis Borges

Education

Gymnasium Klagenfurt
University Preparatory
Country: Austria
High school equivalent
Conservatory Klagenfurt
Music
Country: Austria
College of Music and Representative Art Vienna
Film and Television Department / Film and Television
Country: Austria
Did not complete
University of Vienna
History, Philosophy, Music Theory, German Studies
Country: Austria
Did not complete

Awards

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
1977
Organization: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Result: 受賞
Literature Prize of the University City of Marburg
1980
Result: 受賞
Manuscripts prize of Styria
1984
Organization: Styria
Result: 受賞
Austrian Prize for Literature
1987
Result: 受賞
Prize of the Frankfurt Authors Foundation
1988
Result: 受賞
Robert Musil scholarship
1990
Result: 受賞
International Bodensee-Culture Prize
1991
Result: 受賞
Merit Award of the City of Vienna
1993
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1994
Result: 受賞
Erich Fried Prize
1997
Result: 受賞
Franz Kafka Literature Prize of Klosterneuburg
1997
Organization: City of Klosterneuburg
Result: 受賞
Berlin Literature Prize
1998
Result: 受賞
Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature
2001
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: 受賞
Nestroy Theatre Prize
2003
Work: Chorphantasie
Category: 最優秀作者
Result: 受賞
Kleist Prize
2005
Result: 受賞
Arthur Schnitzler Prize
2006
Result: 受賞
Nestroy Theatre Prize
2006
Work: Die versunkene Kathedrale
Category: 最優秀作者
Result: 受賞
Nestroy Theatre Prize
2008
Work: Freier Fall
Category: 最優秀作者
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Geometrischer Heimatroman

1969 Novel

Geometric Regional Novel.

HomelandGeometry
Translations
  • Geometric Regional Novel (trans. Johannes W. Vazulik)

Schule der Geläufigkeit: Erzählungen

1977 Short stories

Homage to Czerny: Studies in Virtuoso Technique.

MusicTechnique
Translations
  • Homage to Czerny (trans. Jean M. Snook)

Der ferne Klang

1979 Novel

The Distant Sound.

SoundDistance
Translations
  • The Distant Sound (trans. Jean M. Snook)

Erwachen zum großen Schlafkrieg

1982 Novel

Awakening to the Great Sleep War.

SleepWar
Translations
  • Awakening to the Great Sleep War (trans. Jean M. Snook)

Himmelstraße – Erdbrustplatz oder Das System von Wien

1999 Novel

The System of Vienna: From Heaven Street to Earth Mound Square.

ViennaCity
Translations
  • The System of Vienna (trans. Vincent Kling)

Bibliography

  • Geometrischer Heimatroman (1969)
  • Beginn einer Verzweiflung: Epiloge (1970)
  • Musikgeschichte (1970)
  • Glashausbesichtigung (1970)
  • Die Vermehrung der Leuchttürme (1971)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Avant-gardeExperimental
Recurring Motifs
MusicCityGeometry

Health

  • Cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Austrian avant-garde writer known for poetry, plays, and novels, recipient of numerous literary prizes. Honored with a grave in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof.

Trivia

  • Has a grave of honor in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof.
  • Met Jorge Luis Borges in Argentina.