Hackl, Erich#
b. Steyr (Upper Austria), May 26, 1954, narrative writer, scriptwriter, author of radio plays, translator. In 1977/1978 university lecturer in Madrid, then teacher in Vienna, since 1983 free-lance author of socially critical narratives ("Auroras Anlass", 1987; "Abschied von Sidonie", 1989); Has spent a considerable in Spain and Central and Southern America. Translations mainly from Spanish into German.
Further works#
Hier ist niemand gestorben, 1985; Zugvoegel seit jeher, 1987; Koenig Wamba, 1991 (children's book); Sara uns Simón, 1995; Entwurf einer Liebe auf den ersten Blick, 1999. - Editor: Das Herz des Himmels, 1985; Wien, Wien allein, 1993; Aurora-Buecherei, 1994ff. (international
poetry series).
Literature#
M.-J. Richter, E. H. Erzaehlung "Auroras Anlass" in der Tradition Kleists, master's thesis, Aachen 1991; U. Baumhauer (ed.), Abschied von Sidonie von E. H. Materialien zu einem Buch und seiner Geschichte, 2000.