Michael Köhlmeier
Michael Köhlmeier | |
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Born | Hard, Austria | 15 October 1949
Occupation | writer, musician |
Nationality | Austrian |
Alma mater | University of Marburg |
Spouse | (1981-) |
Michael Köhlmeier (born 15 October 1949 in Hard, Austria)[1] is a contemporary Austrian writer and musician.
He studied Politics and German (1970–1978) at the University of Marburg, Germany, and Mathematics and Philosophy at the universities in Giessen and Frankfurt, Germany.[1] Recent acclaim hailed from his radio broadcasts of casually told antique myths (Telemachus and Calypso) and biblical stories (Moses), which were later issued as CDs and in book form.[1][2]
Together with he has composed cabaret programs and song lyrics, which both artists presented in public as the Duo Bilgeri & Köhlmeier.[3] With the group he has been writing song texts in Vorarlberg dialect since 2004.
In 1981 he married the writer . Their daughter Paula Köhlmeier died in an accident in 2003, at the age of 21, and he dedicated his book Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund (Idyll With Drowning Dog) as a memorial to her and his surviving family.[4]
Other books include Abendland (Occident, Carl Hanser Verlag, August 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-20913-8), about the memoirs of a mathematics professor, telling the history of two families over the past 95 years.[5] It has met with critical acclaim.[6]
Michael Köhlmeier lives as a free-lance writer in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. In 1997 he received the Grimmelshausen Prize.
Awards[]
- Johann Peter Hebel Prize (1988)[2]
- Manès Sperber Prize for Literature (1994) [1][2]
- Golden Badge of Honour for Meritorious Service of Vienna (2007)[1]
- Prize Acknowledging Literary Achievements (2008)[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Prize Acknowledging Literary Achievements of Michael Köhlmeier", Austrian Federal Chancellery, 23.06.2008. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "KÖHLMEIER, Michael" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Second Dimension press author page, 12-Mar-2008. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- ^ "Bilgeri und Köhlmeier: Die Wiederbelebung des legendären Duos" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Musikladen. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- ^ "Michael Köhlmeier: Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund", review by Dietmar Jacobsen, 22.05.2009, PoetenLaden. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- ^ "Abendland (Occident)" Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, New Books in German, Autumn 2009, Issue 26. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- ^ "Das ganze Leben: Michael Köhlmeiers monumentales Jahrhundertepos »Abendland« wagt viel und gewinnt.", review by Verena Auffermann, 20.09.2007, Die Zeit No 39. Retrieved 01.03.2010.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Austrian male writers
- Anton Wildgans Prize winners