Thomas Stangl

Thomas Stangl (born 4 January 1966 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer.

Life Thomas Stangl studied philosophy and Spanish at the University of Vienna and graduated in 1991 with a thesis on deconstructive literary theory. After graduation, he initially wrote essays, book reviews, and even smaller prose work for newspapers and literary journals.

Thomas Stangl lives in Vienna.

Honours For his debut novel Der einzige Ort (The only place) the author received the Aspekte-Literaturpreis in 2004, the same year a Hermann-Lenz Scholarship, and the 2005 Literature Prize of the Austrian Federal Chancellery. In June 2007, he received the Telekom Austria Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition; in October 2007, the Literature Prize of the Cultural Committee of German Economy, 2009, a grant from the Heinrich-Heine-house of the city of Lüneburg, 2010 Literature Prize Alpha and the 2011 Erich Fried Prize. In 2020, he received the Johann-Friedrich-von-Cotta-Literatur- und Übersetzerpreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.

Works Der einzige Ort. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2004. Ihre Musik. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2006. Was kommt. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2009. Reisen und Gespenster. Essays, Droschl, Graz 2012. Regeln des Tanzes, Novel, Droschl, Graz 2013, Freiheit und Langweile. Essays. Droschl, Graz 2016. Fremde Verwandtschaften. Roman. Droschl, Graz 2018. Die Geschichte des Körpers. Erzählungen. Droschl, Graz 2019. Quecksilberlicht. Roman. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2022. Über gute und böse Literatur – Korrespondenz über das Schreiben (with Anne Weber). Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2022. Diverse Wunder. Ein paar Handvoll sehr kurzer Geschichten. Droschl, Graz 2023.