!!!Kein, Ernst Aloysius

Kein, Ernst (Aloysius), b. Vienna, Nov. 27, 1928, d. Vienna, 
Jan. 21, 1985, poet, narrative writer, feuilletonist, author of radio 
plays. 1950/51 worked for the literary magazine "Neue Wege". Together 
with H. C.  Artmann and G.  Ruehm he established Viennese dialect 
poetry. Particularly well known for his humorous short poems and his 
vernacular Viennese aphorisms published between 1974-1985 in the daily 
newspaper "Neue Kronen Zeitung". Awarded promotion prizes for his work 
(Austrian State Prize) in 1958 and 1976.

!Works
Alltagsgeschichten, 1959; Die Meute, 1961; Die Verhinderung, 
1966; Ausflug zur Grenze, 1970; Die kleinen Freuden der Wiener, 1983; 
Wirtshausgeschichten, 1986. - Editions: Strasse des Odysseus, ed. by 
A. Okopenko, 1994; "K. Buch", Sprueche, Lieder und Geschichten 
von E. A. K., ed. by M. Fialik, 1998.

!Literature
A. Okopenko, E. K. hochsprachige Lyrik, in: 
Freibord 57, 1987.


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