Christoph Ransmayr

Christoph Ransmayr (; born 20 March 1954) is an Austrian writer.

Life

Born in Wels, Upper Austria, Ransmayr grew up in Roitham near Gmunden and the Traunsee. From 1972 to 1978 he studied philosophy and ethnology in Vienna. He worked there as cultural editor for the newspaper Extrablatt from 1978 to 1982, also publishing articles and essays in GEO, TransAtlantik and Merian.

Awards

1986–1988 Elias Canetti Fellowship, see also Elias Canetti 1988 Anton Wildgans Prize 1992 Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste 1995 Franz-Kafka-Preis, see also Franz Kafka 1995 Franz Nabl Prize 1996 Aristeion Prize for the novel Morbus Kitahara 1997 Solothurner Literaturpreis 1997 Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich 1998 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis 2001 Nestroy Theatre Prize, see also Johann Nestroy 2004 Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis 2004 Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literatur 2010 28° Preis Gambrinus "Giuseppe Mazzotti" 2013 Donauland Sachbuchpreis 2013 Ernst-Toller-Preis 2013 Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau for Atlas of an Anxious Man 2014 Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin for Atlas of an Anxious Man 2015 Prix Jean Monnet de Littérature Européenne for Atlas of an Anxious Man 2015 Prix du Meilleur livre étranger for Atlas of an Anxious Man 2018 Nicolas Born Prize for his literary works to date 2018 Kleist Prize