Klaus Händl also known as Händl Klaus, is an Austria

Austria

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n actor and writer.

Biography

Händl was born in Rum, near Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

. He started his theater career as an actor in Vienna's Schauspielhaus. His first theatrical production, which he also directed, was premiered in the Styrian Autumn Festival Steirischer Herbst at Graz

Graz

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. He has also appeared in several movies.

Klaus Händl is a theater and film professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

University of Applied Arts Vienna

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.-History:...

. He lives in Vienna, Berlin

Berlin

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, and Port am Bielersee, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Works

• 1994 Legenden. 35 Prosastücke. Droschl Literaturverlag Graz
• 1995 Satz Bäurin. Klagenfurter Texte. Piper Verlag
  Piper Verlag
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• 1996 Kleine Vogelkunde. Radio play. ORF
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• 2001 Ich ersehne die Alpen; So entstehen die Seen. Play. Rowohlt Verlag
• 2002 Häftling von Mab. Libretto; music: Eduard Demetz, Theater of Tyrol
• 2006 Dunkel lockende Welt. Play. Kammerspiele of Munich
  Munich
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  , Theater Biel-Solothurn in Switzerland, Burgtheater
  Burgtheater
  The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
  
   of Vienna. Rowohlt Verlag
• 2006 Vom Mond. Libretto. State Theater of Tyrol
• 2006 Stücke. Theater plays. Droschl Literaturverlag Graz
• 2007 Wilde - Der Mann mit den traurigen Augen. Theater Basel
  Theater Basel
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   Kleine Bühne
• 2008 Dunkel lockende Welt. State Theater of Tyrol
• 2008 März. Feature film

Awards

In 1996 he received an award for the Radio Play of the Year from the Austrian Broadcasting Service ORF

ORF

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. Other awards include the Rauriser Literaturpreis (Austria) and the Robert-Walser-Preis (Germany).

• 1995 Robert-Walser-Preis, Rauriser Literaturpreis
• 1996 ORF-Hörspielpreis "Radio Play of the Year"
• 2002 Subsidy of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
• 2002 Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium (subsidy)
• 2004 Nestroy-Theaterpreis nomination as best young playwright
• 2005 Theater prize of the Cultural Circle of the German Economy
• 2006 Playwright of the Year by the magazine Theater heute ("Theater Today")
• 2007 Literature subsidies of Tyrol, Welti Dramatikerpreis of the city of Bern for playwrights, Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
  Feldkircher Lyrikpreis
  The Feldkirch Poetry Award, in German Feldkircher Lyrikpreis, started by Erika Kronabitter, an Austrian artist and writer, is granted annually by the theater Theater am Saumarkt in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg/Austria. Among the sponsors, there are the Austrian government, the local authorities of...
  
  
• 2008 Silver Leopard for the best debut feature at the Locarno International Film Festival
  Locarno International Film Festival
  The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
  
  , for the movie März
• 2008 Culture Award of the city of Biel
• 2008 Special Award of the Jury at the Sarajevo Film Festival
  Sarajevo Film Festival
  The Sarajevo Film Festival is the premier and largest film festival in the Balkans, and is one of the largest in Europe. It was founded in Sarajevo in 1995 during the siege of Sarajevo, and brings international and local celebrities to Sarajevo every year. It is held in August and showcases an...
  
   for the movie März
• 2008 Berner Filmpreis for the movie März

External links

• Die Dinge, sind verschoben, essay by Alexander Kerlin
• Information on Klaus Händly by the Goethe Institut
• Biography in the online cultural magazine perlentaucher.de