Peter Stephan Jungk

Peter Stephan Jungk ( born December 19, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an Austrian- American German-speaking writer.

Life and work

The parents of Peter Stephan Jungk were futurologist Robert Jungk and Ruth Suschitzky. He grew up first in the United States and by 1957 in Vienna. In Berlin he attended from 1968 to 1970, the Rudolf Steiner School, from 1970 he lived until his graduation in 1972 in Salzburg. In 1973, he worked as an assistant director at the Theater Basel. From 1974 to 1976 he studied at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

From 1976 to 1979 he was again based in Salzburg. In 1977, he appeared as Peter Handke's assistant director in the film version of Handke's " The Left-Handed Woman ". In 1980, the native Jew Jungk a Torah school in Jerusalem. In 1981 he moved back to Vienna. Since 1988 he lives with his wife, the photographer Lillian Birnbaum, in Paris. 1994, the daughter Adah Dylan was born. In 2011 he was visiting professor for German contemporary literature at Washington University in St. Louis in 2012 and a visiting professor at the University of Salzburg.

Peter Stephan Jungk is the author of novels, essays and screenplays during their filming he partially self- directed. He also translated from English.

Peter Stephan Jungk is a member of the Austrian PEN Club.

Awards

  • 2001 Stefan Andres price
  • 2011 Book Prize of the Salzburg economy

Works

  • Holly trees. Frankfurt 1978
  • Tour. Frankfurt 1981
  • Franz Werfel. Frankfurt 1987
  • Tigor. Frankfurt 1991
  • Four women. Heidelberg 1994 ( along with Lillian Birnbaum )
  • The restlessness of the Stella Federspiel. Munich et al 1996
  • The inheritance. Munich 1999
  • The King of America. Stuttgart 2001
  • The trip across the Hudson. Stuttgart 2005
  • The electric heart, Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Wien 2011 ISBN 978-3-552-05527-8

Theater: ' Oblomov ' based on the novel by Ivan Goncharov, Schauspielhaus Zurich, 2005

Editorship

  • Franz Werfel: The Franz Werfel book, Frankfurt am Main 1986

Translations

  • Woody Allen: God. Frankfurt 1989
  • Woody Allen: Death.
  • Christopher Durang: Betty Boo and marriage. Frankfurt 1987
  • Christopher Durang: Bellowed laughter. Frankfurt 1989
  • Raymond Fitzsimons: Edmund Kean. Frankfurt 1987
  • Gabriel Gbadamosi: Hotel Orpheu. Frankfurt 1994
  • Thornton Wilder: In Shakespeare and the Bible. Frankfurt 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: The bell rings at the door. Frankfurt 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: youth. Frankfurt 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: Subterranean rivers. Frankfurt 1999

Documentary

  • Franz Werfel - A world between worlds friend ( ZDF / ORF, 1988)
  • Leo Perutz - The Master of the Night ( ZDF / ORF, 1989)
  • Eugen Bavcar - Dark Light ( ZDF / ORF, 1992)
  • André Previn - A Bridge Between Worlds ( Dor movie, 2008)

Opera

  • The Perfect American by Philip Glass. Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer by Jungk's novel The King of America, UA: January 22, 2013 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain
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