Heinz Gerstinger
Encyclopedia
Heinz Gerstinger is an Austria
n writer
, playwright
and historian
.
and drama
tics at the University of Vienna
. He has worked for the universities of Graz and Vienna as well as for theaters in Graz
, Augsburg
and Vienna. While publishing in literary magazines and newspapers, he worked for the Austrian radio and television. Heinz Gerstinger is a member of the Austrian P.E.N.
and the writers' association Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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Biography
Heinz Gerstinger studied historyHistory
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
tics at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
. He has worked for the universities of Graz and Vienna as well as for theaters in Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
and Vienna. While publishing in literary magazines and newspapers, he worked for the Austrian radio and television. Heinz Gerstinger is a member of the Austrian P.E.N.
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
and the writers' association Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband
Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband
The Austrian Writers' Association has been founded in 1945 and was thus one of the first Austrian professional associations after World War II. The association fosters the communication between writers and the contact between authors and readers and is located in Vienna, Austria...
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Movie
- As an actor: Bernhard Wicki (director): Das falsche Gewicht following the book by Joseph RothJoseph RothJoseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth , was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job as well as the seminal essay 'Juden auf Wanderschaft' translated in...
Literature
- Calderón, Velber Hannover, Friedrich 1967
- Spanische Komödie - Lope de VegaLope de VegaFélix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...
und seine Zeitgenossen, Friedrich Velber Verlag, Hannover 1968 - Theater und Religion heute, 1972
- Der Dramatiker Anton WildgansAnton WildgansAnton Wildgans was an Austrian poet and playwright.His works, in which realism, neo-romanticism and expressionism mingle, focus on the drama of daily life....
, 1981 - Österreich, holdes Märchen und böser Traum - August StrindbergAugust StrindbergJohan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...
s Ehe mit Frida Uhl, Herold, Vienna 1981 - Der Dramatiker Hans Krendlesberger, Wagner, Innsbruck 1981
- Wien von gestern - ein literarischer Streifzug durch die Kaiserstadt, Edition Wien, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-85058-073-3
- Frau Venus reitet... - Die phantastische Geschichte des Ulrich von Lichtenstein, 1995
- Ausflugsziel Burgen - 30 Burgen rund um Wien, Pichler, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85431-158-3
- Altwiener literarische Salons - Wiener Salonkultur vom Rokoko bis zur Neoromantik (1777-1907), Akademische Verlagsanstalt Salzburg 2002, ISBN 3-9501445-1-X
- Der heilige Dämon - Gregor VII, Faksimile Verlag, Graz/Salzburg, ISBN 3-9502040-0-8
External links
- Critical review on Ausflugsziel Burgen, in German