Peter Paul Wiplinger

Peter Paul Wiplinger ( born June 25, 1939 in Haslach ) is an Austrian writer and artistic photographer.

Wiplinger was born in 1939 in Haslach in Upper Austria as the tenth child of a merchant family and brother of Fridolin Wiplinger. In his youth he attended, among others, the Episcopal High School Petrinum. After that he studied theater, German and philosophy. Since 1960 he works as a freelance writer and photographer based in Vienna. As a member of the international and the Austrian PEN Club, the Austrian League for Human Rights, the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance and IG authors authors, he has received numerous awards and honors. 2006, the title of Professor Honoris Causa awarded him.

So far he has published about 30 books that have been translated into more than 20 languages. Among his works mainly include political lyrics, love poems and artistic photos.

Works (selection)

• Hoc est enim, poetry, Munich 1966
• Grid, poetry, Baden near Vienna 1981
• Heart beats, lyrics, Baden near Vienna 1989
• Sign of life, poetry, Klagenfurt 1992
• Outcast, prose, Gosau 1994/2004
• No Man's Land, poetry, Eisenstadt 2002
• Life images, memories, Gruenbach 2003
• Stones in the light, poetry, Gosau 2007
• Language characters, essays and prose, Gosau 2011

Awards

• 2003: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class
• 2005: Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria