Zumpf, Peter auch Neruda Jan, merbod, Stadtschreiber#
b. Baden (Lower Austria), Aug. 3, 1944, chronicler, poet, narrative writer, playwright and author of radio plays. Reader at a publishing house; since 1987 head of the publishing company "Merbod"; author of satirical and burlesque novels set against a sociocritical background (e.g. "Der Wurzelschnitzer vom Koboldjoch", 1987).
Further works#
Stunde der Spieler, 1978 (drama; with P. Schuster); Klaerungen, 1980 (poetry); Aus dem wildbewegten Jaegerleben des Blasius Wenzel H., 1984 (novel); Randgruppen, 1986 (narratives). - Non-fiction books: Wr. Neustaedter Literaturlexikon, 1983 (ed.); Chronik eines Theaters. Wr. Neustadt 1794-1994, 1994; Unbekanntes Wr. Neustadt, 2 vols., 1999.