Gustav Ernst

Gustav Ernst ( born August 23, 1944 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer.

Life

Gustav Ernst grew up in Vienna. He studied philosophy, history and German, but moved before graduation to literature. From 1969 he worked as an editor and co-editor of the literary magazine wasps nest. In 1996 he co-founded the Austrian magazine colic, which he publishes jointly with Karin Fleischanderl. 1992 to 2004 he was chairman of the "script Vienna Forum ". Since 2001 he judged the texts of proverbs code Leondinger Youth Award for Sprachie and photography.

Gustav Ernst began in the late 1960s as a representative of a new literary realism, whose main concern was criticism of the crusted social conditions and changes. Ernst wrote combative prose and plays in a sometimes highly dramatic language. Since the early 1980s, dramatic works are the focus of his work; in addition to works for the theater, he also wrote screenplays for television dramas and feature films.

Since 2005, Gustav Ernst directs together with Karin Fleischanderl the Leondinger Academy of Letters. Together, they are also the founder of the Johann Beer Prize for Literature.

Gustav Ernst is a member of Graz Writers meeting. In addition to various author grants he received, inter alia, the 1979 prize of the Frankfurt Authors Foundation, 1982 Prize for the city of Vienna and in 2013 the City of Vienna Prize for Literature.

Works

  • Looting, Vienna 1970
  • At the larynx, Berlin 1974
  • An incredible hatred, Frankfurt am Main 1977
  • Lonely class, Königstein / Ts. 1979
  • Thousand roses, Frankfurt am Main 1986
  • Spring in the Via Condotti, Vienna [u a ] 1987
  • Herzgruft, Vienna [u a ] 1988
  • With me not, Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Bloodbath, Frankfurt am Main 1992
  • A friend of the people, Vienna 1994
  • Hearts are trumps, Frankfurt am Main 1994
  • Casino, Vienna 1997
  • Faust, Vienna 1997
  • Separations, Vienna [u a ] 2000
  • The wife of the Chancellor, Vienna 2002
  • Lulu, Vienna 2003
  • Bloodbath, Strip and a thousand roses, Vienna 2004
  • Grado, Vienna 2004
  • Toll House, Vienna 2007
  • Allegretto, theater i.d. Drachengasse, Vienna 2009
  • Best relationships. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck / Wien 2011 ISBN 978-3-85218-677-1
  • Grundlsee, Vienna 2013

Editorship

  • Literature in Austria, Berlin, 1979 ( together with Klaus Wagenbach )
  • In memory of Heinz knee down, Vienna, 1987 ( together with Franz Schuh )
  • Wasp's Nest, Vienna [u a ] 1989
  • Script writing, Vienna [u a ] 1990 ( together with Thomas Pluch )
  • Location Desk, Vienna [u a ] 1992
  • Close-ups, Vienna [u a ] 1992 ( together with Gerhard Schedl )
  • Write film criticism, Vienna [u a ] 1993
  • Language in the film, Vienna 1994
  • Auteur film - movie posters, Vienna 1996
  • Time, Vienna 1999
  • Luckily there's Austria, Berlin 2003 (together with Karin Fleischanderl )
  • Colic. Journal of Literature, Vienna since 1997 (together with Karin Fleischanderl )
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