Klinger, Kurt#
Klinger, Kurt, b. Linz (Upper Austria), July 11, 1928, poet, dramaturge, essayist, 1955-1958 dramaturge in Linz, 1960-1963 in Duesseldorf and Frankfurt, 1963/64 in Vienna and then again in Germany. 1975-1977 chief dramatic adviser at the Graz Schauspielhaus, 1977 President of the Austrian Society for Literature, since 1978 has worked as a free-lance writer and journalist in Vienna. Co-publisher and editor of the magazine "Literatur und Kritik" ("Literature and Criticism"). Received the Austrian State Prize, 1955, and the Anton Wildgans Prize.
Works#
Poetry: Harmonie aus Blut, 1951; Auf der Erde zu Gast, 1956; Entwurf einer Festung, 1970; Loewenkoepfe, 1977; Das Kirschenfest, 1984; Zeitsprung, 1987; Das bluehende Schiff, 1998. - Dramas: Odysseus muss wieder reisen, 1954; Der goldene Kaefig, 1959; La sera, Die neue Wohnung, 1959; Studien im Sueden, 1965. - Television play: Der Tag der Tauben, 1968. - Essays: Konfrontationen, 1973; Theater und Tabus, 1984; Die Ungnade der Geburt, 1999.Literature#
K. K., Die Rampe, "Portraet", 1999.