Ransmayr, Christoph#
b. Wels (Upper Austria), March 20, 1954, narrative writer, essayist. Studied philosophy and ethnology in Vienna, 1978-1982 cultural editor of the periodical "Extrablatt". Initially wrote literary reports and essays for various periodicals; his first novel "Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis" (1984) combines documents of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to the North Pole in 1872-1874 with fictitious passages; his novel "Die letzte Welt" (1988) was particularly successful. 1989 Anton-Wildgans prize, 1996 Aristeion Prize of the EU, 1998 Hoelderlin Prize.
Further works#
Strahlender Untergang - Ein Entwaesserungsprojekt oder Die Entdeckung des Wesentlichen, 1982; Morbus Kitahara, 1995; Der Weg nach Surabaya, 1997. - Ed.: Im blinden Winkel. Nachrichten aus Mitteleuropa, 1985.Literature#
C. Bader, Antike und Mythos: Deduktion und Produktion von Mythen in C. R. Roman "Die letzte Welt", master's thesis, Vienna 1993.