!!!Drach, Albert

b. Vienna, Dec. 17, 1902, 
d. Moedling (Lower Austria), March 27, 1995, narrative writer, poet 
and author of radio plays. Originally a lawyer, did not become famous 
as an author until his later years, although he wrote many works 
before 1938. Used officious, bureaucratic language as a humorous and 
alienating device. Buechner Prize, 1988; Austrian Decoration for 
Science and Art, 1990; Grillparzer Prize, 1993.

!Works
Novels and narratives: Das grosse Protokoll gegen 
Zwetschkenbaum, 1964; Die kleinen Protokolle und das Goggelbuch, 1965; 
Untersuchung an Maedeln, 1968; Ja und Nein, 1992. - Autobiography: 
Unsentimentale Reise, 1966; "Z. Z." das ist die Zwischenzeit, 1968; 
Das Beileid, 1993. - Dramas: Marquis de Sade, 1929; Das Spiel vom 
Meister Siebentot, 1965; Das Aneinandervorbeispiel und die inneren 
Verkleidungen, 1966. - Edition: Gesammelte Werke 8 vols., 1964-1972.

!Literature
M. Settele, Der Protokollstil des A. D., 1992; B. Fetz 
(ed.), In Sachen A. D., 1995; G. Fuchs (ed.), A. D., 1995.



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