Winkler, Josef#
b. Kamering (Carinthia), March 3, 1953, novelist. In his major work "Das wilde Kaernten" (3 vols., "Menschenkind", 1979; "Der Ackermann aus Kaernten", 1980; "Muttersprache", 1982) he describes his harsh childhood and youth and the domination of a child's imagination by Catholicism in metaphorical and ecstatic language. Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1973.
Further works#
Die Verschleppung, 1983; Der Leibeigene, 1987; Friedhof der bitteren Orangen, 1990; Das Zoeglingsheft des J. Genet, 1992; Domra, 1996; Wenn es soweit ist, 1998.Literature#
D. Linck, Halbweib und Maskenbildung, 1993; G. A. Hoefler (ed.), J. W., 1998; R. Jobstmann, J. W. zw. den (literarischen) Welten, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1999.