Michael Köhlmeier

Together with Reinhold Bilgeri he has composed cabaret programs and song lyrics, which both artists presented in public as the Duo Bilgeri & Köhlmeier. In 1981 he married the writer Monika Helfer. Their daughter Paula Köhlmeier died in an accident in 2003, at the age of 21, and he dedicated his book Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund (Idyll With Drowning Dog) as a memorial to her and his surviving family. Other books include Abendland (Occident, Carl Hanser Verlag, August 2007), about the memoirs of a mathematics professor, telling the history of two families over the past 95 years. It has met with critical acclaim. In 2025 his latest novel Die Verdorbenen (The Corrupted) was placed on the longlist of the German Book Prize. Köhlmeier lives as a free-lance writer in Hohenems, Vorarlberg. In 1997 he received the Grimmelshausen Prize.

Michael Köhlmeier studied at University of Marburg. The recorded working language is Austrian German and German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hohenems and Vienna. Works named in the authority record are Die Musterschüler. Distinctions recorded are Anton Wildgans Prize, Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis, Decoration of Merit in Gold of the State of Vienna and Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis.

• Name — Michael Köhlmeier • Born — 15 October 1949 • Birthplace — Hard, Austria • Occupation — writer, musician • Education — University of Marburg • Spouse — Monika Helfer (1981-)

Michael Köhlmeier is recorded as having received Anton Wildgans Prize, Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis and Decoration of Merit in Gold of the State of Vienna.