!!!Waggerl, Karl Heinrich

b. Bad Gastein (province of Salzburg), Dec. 10, 1897, 
d. Schwarzach (province of Salzburg), Nov. 4, 1973, writer. Attended 
teacher training college in Salzburg; participated in World War I; 
1939 was provincial leader of writers in the Gau (administrative 
territory during the Nazi regime) of Salzburg, from 1940 Mayor of 
Wagrain. In his early narratives tries to depict social differences in 
a critical manner; in his later works, as well as in his novels "Brot" 
(1930) and "Schweres Blut" (1932), vitalistic and idealistic 
description of rural life. Social, political and economic relations 
are compared to an unchanging natural order. After World War II became 
well-known for his idyllic short prose (Christmas stories, legends), 
Austrian State Prize 1934, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 
1967. W. Museum in Wagrain.

!Further works
Novels: Das Jahr des Herrn, 1933; Mutter, 1935. - 
Narratives: Du und Angela, 1934; Wagrainer Tagebuch, 1936; 
Kalendergeschichten, 1937; Feierabend, 1944; Die Pfingstreise, 1946; 
Froehliche Armut, 1948; Drei Erzaehlungen, 1950; Wagrainer 
Geschichtenbuch, 1950; Und es begab sich ..., 1953; Die gruenen 
Freunde, 1957; Der Leibsorger, 1958; Das Badgasteiner Jahr, 1958; Die 
Kunst des Muessiggangs, 1959; Lob der Wiese, 1960; Der Lueckenbuesser, 
1961; Die Traumschachtel, 1962. - Editions: Gesammelte Werke, 5 vols., 
1951-1952; Briefe, ed. by L. Besch, 1976; Saemtliche Werke, 2 vols., 
1997.

!Literature
G. Schinks, K. H. W., 1985; K. Mueller, Zaesuren ohne 
Folgen, 1990; idem, K. H. W. Bildmonographie, 1997; idem (ed.), 
"Nichts Kompliziertes heutzutage als ein einfacher Mensch", 1999.



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