Wiener, Oswald auch Evo Präkogler#
b. Vienna, Oct. 5, 1935, experimental writer, cyberneticist. Studied law, music, African languages, mathematics at the University of Vienna; jazz trumpeter; joined a circle of experimental writers called Wiener Gruppe in 1954; was a member of this group until 1959; formulated its basic theoretical principles; head of the department for data-processing at Olivetti's from 1959-1967; participated in artistic projects; moved to Berlin in 1969 and opened a restaurant; has lived in Canada since 1986. In his major work, "die verbesserung von mitteleuropa. roman" (1969) he interwove literary experiments with philosophic-scholarly and socio-critical approaches. his work also gives ample scope to the theory of artificial intelligence ("Probleme der Kuenstlichen Intelligenz", 1990). Grand Austrian State Prize in 1989.
Further works#
Prose: starker toback - kleine fibel fuer den ratlosen, 1962 (with K. Bayer); Nicht schon wieder ...!, 1990. - Essays and theoretical works: Schriften zur Erkenntnistheorie, 1996; Literarische Aufsaetze, 1998; Eine elementare Einfuehrung in die Theorie der Turing-Maschinen, 1998 (with M. Bonik and R. Hoedicke).Literature#
U. Rosenbichler (ed.), die wiener gruppe, 1987; W. Ihrig, Literarische Avantgarde und Dandyismus, 1988; M. Kubaczek, Poetik der Aufloesung, 1992; F. Achleitner and P. Weibel (eds.), Die Wr. Gruppe, 1997.