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Xaver Bayer

b. 1977

Austrian author

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Born 1977. Xaver Bayer is an Austrian writer, philosopher and germanist.

Xaver Bayer (born 5 May 1977 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer.

Life He studied philosophy and German.

In 2000 he founded the Internet platform dieflut.at, one of the first digital literature collectives. In addition to his novels, stories and plays, he has written texts for collaborative works with the painters Martha Jungwirth and David Schnell and the art collective G.R.A.M. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Glanz des Tages ("Shine of the Day") by Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi, which won the Max Ophüls Prize.

Awards 2002 Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium 2004 Reinhard-Priessnitz-Preis 2008 Hermann-Lenz-Preis 2011 Österreichischer Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien 2014 Literar-Mechana-Stipendium 2019: Niederösterreichischer Culture Prize in literature 2020 Austrian Book Prize for Geschichten mit Marianne

Works Heute könnte ein glücklicher Tag sein (novel, 2001) Jung und Jung, Salzburg (TB 2003 ) Die Alaskastraße (novel, 2003) Jung und Jung, Salzburg (TB 2005 ) Als ich heute aufwachte, aufstand und mich wusch, da schien mir plötzlich, mir sei alles klar auf dieser Welt und ich wüsste, wie man leben soll (play, 2004) Weiter (novel, 2006) Das Buch vom Regen und Schnee (prose, 2007, with lithographies by Martha Jungwirth) Die durchsichtigen Hände (short stories, 2008) Wenn die Kinder Steine ins Wasser werfen (prose, 2011) Aus dem Nebenzimmer (prose and poetry, 2014) Geheimnisvolles Knistern aus dem Zauberreich (prose, 2014) Jung und Jung, Salzburg Atlas (short story, 2017) Wildpark (prose, 2018) Geschichten mit Marianne (short stories, 2020), Jung und Jung, Salzburg 2020 , translated in French La Vie avec Marianne, Éditions du Faubourg 2022

Literature Martin Brinkmann: Unbehagliche Welten. Wirklichkeitserfahrungen in der neuen deutschsprachigen Literatur, dargestellt anhand von Christian Krachts „Faserland“ (1995), Elke Naters „Königinnen“ (1998), Xaver Bayers „Heute könnte ein glücklicher Tag sein“ (2001) und Wolfgang Schömels „Die Schnecke. Überwiegend neurotische Geschichten“ (2002). In: Weimarer Beiträge 53 (2007), H. 1, S. 17–46

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Reinhard Priessnitz Award; Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature; Austrian book prize

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Who is Xaver Bayer?

Austrian author

When was Xaver Bayer born?

Xaver Bayer was born on 5 May 1977 in Vienna.

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Xaver Bayer is a writer, philosopher and germanist.

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Xaver Bayer is Austrian.

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