!!!Hoffer, Klaus

b. Graz (Styria), Dec. 27, 1942, narrative author, essayist and 
translator. Studied German, English and the classics; grammar-school 
teacher. His greatest success was his work "Bieresch-Saga" in 2 vols., 
which follows the traditional form of a novel on character development 
while demonstrating the absurdity of that tradition. Awards: 1980 A. 
Doeblin Prize and Rauris Literature Prize.

!Works
Halbwegs. Bei den Bieresch I, 1979; Der grosse Potlatsch. Bei 
den Bieresch II, 1983; Am Magnetberg, 1982; Methoden der Verwirrung. 
Betrachtungen zum Phantastischen bei F. Kafka, 1986. - Radio plays and 
translations (e.g. works by J. Conrad).

!Literature
M. Napetschnig, K. H., 1998.


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