Feldkircher Lyrikpreis (Feldkirch Poetry Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2005) Winner
Klaus Ebner
クラウス・エブナー
Kurausu Ebunā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-08-08 （Vienna）
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Languages
- German, Catalan, French, English
- Residence History
- Vienna
Career
- Occupations
- writer, essayist, poet, translator, software writer
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
- Affiliations
- Grazer Autorenversammlung, Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband
- Memberships
- Grazer Autorenversammlung (GAV), Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband (ÖSV)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vienna | Faculty of Romance Languages | German Philology and Translation Studies | Diplomarbeit | 1982-1989 | Austria |
| University of Applied Sciences Vienna | — | European Economics | — | 2001 | Austria |
University of Vienna
Faculty of Romance Languages
/ German Philology and Translation Studies
Degree:
Diplomarbeit
Period:
1982-1989
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
Austria
Master's thesis: "The Image of the Catalan Countries in French literature from Romanticism till Today"
University of Applied Sciences Vienna
European Economics
Period:
2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Austria
Paper on Islamism in Europe
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Erster Österreichischer Jugendpreis | Das Brandmal | 文学部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Radio Play Award by Texte | — | — | Texte | 3位 |
| 1988 | Erster Österreichischer Jugendpreis | Nils | 文学部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Feldkircher Lyrikpreis | — | — | — | 4位 |
| 2008 | Wiener Werkstattpreis | Der Flügel Last | 短編小説部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Short Prose Award "Sprachräume – Schreibwelten" | — | — | Austrian Writers' Association | 2位 |
| 2014 | Premi de Poesia Parc Taulí | — | 詩部門 | — | 受賞 |
Erster Österreichischer Jugendpreis
1982
Work:
Das Brandmal
Category:
文学部門
Result:
受賞
Radio Play Award by Texte
1984
Organization:
Texte
Result:
3位
Erster Österreichischer Jugendpreis
1988
Work:
Nils
Category:
文学部門
Result:
受賞
Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
2005
Result:
4位
Wiener Werkstattpreis
2008
Work:
Der Flügel Last
Category:
短編小説部門
Result:
受賞
Short Prose Award "Sprachräume – Schreibwelten"
2010
Organization:
Austrian Writers' Association
Result:
2位
Premi de Poesia Parc Taulí
2014
Category:
詩部門
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hominide
2008 short novelA short novel exploring human origins.
human evolution
Lose / Destinies
2007 short storiesCollection of 45 short stories dealing with social issues.
social problemsJewish traditions
Auf der Kippe / On the brink
2008 proseProse work on contemporary themes.
Bibliography
- Hominide
- Auf der Kippe
- Lose
- Andorranische Impressionen
- Dort und anderswo
- wieso der Mückenschwarm dein Augenlicht umtanzt
- Was blieb vom Weißen Ritter?
- Forats
- Vestigis
- Blaus / Shades of Blue
- Vermells / Shades of Red
Translations by Author
- Translations of Catalan and French literature into German (e.g., L'Absent by Josep Navarro)
Translations of Works
- Why (...I write)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- careful and acerbic wordinglyrical melody in sentencesmetaphors beyond realitylike Japanese paintings
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish traditionsCatalan cultureMuslim civilizationsocially relevant problemsloneliness and yearning for the past
Legacy
Praised by Austrian critics like Wolfgang Ratz for his prose style. Recipient of several literary awards. Member of Austrian writers' associations, living in Vienna.
Quotes
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a paperman and sick / forlorn in drunkenness / the wheels are blocking / clumsily / his meal consists of loneliness / its garnish / is the yearning for the past / beguiled by shouts of thunder / hope / that long ago / has died
Source: Nosside International Poetry Prize anthology (2007)
Trivia
- At age 12, wrote a short theater play and rehearsed it with friends at school, but never performed.
- One-month university trip to Tours, France in 1982.
- Spent six weeks in North Carolina in 1999, co-authoring a book on PC servers.