Norbert Gstrein
He was born in Mils in Tyrol, the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935). He grew up with his five siblings in Vent (Sölden) and attended the secondary school from 1971 to 1979 in Imst. From 1979 to 1984, Gstrein studied mathematics in Innsbruck, Stanford and Erlangen.
Norbert Gstrein
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1961
Norbert Gstrein was born on 3 June 1961.
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He not completed his PhD (no defense of his thesis Zur Logik der Fragen) in 1988 at the University of Innsbruck, under the supervision of Roman Liedl and Gerhard Frey. • Illustration — Norbert Gstrein, 2019 Gstrein is the author of more than a dozen books, including Winters in the South, translated into English by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans, and A Sense of the Beginning, translated by Julian Evans. Gstrein's novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His early books were all based in his native Tyrol. Among his numerous awards are the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Uwe Johnson Prize. Gstrein lives as a freelance writer in Hamburg.
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• 1989 Rauris Literature Prize • 1999 Alfred Döblin Prize • 2001 Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung • 2003 Uwe Johnson Prize • 2004 Franz Nabl Prize • 2013 Anton Wildgans Prize • 2021 Thomas Mann Prize • 2026 Siegfried Lenz Prize
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Norbert Gstrein, a writer, was born on 3 June 1961 in Mils bei Imst, Austria. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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- 1.Schriftsteller Norbert Gstrein: "Sag ihnen, wer du bist". Der Standard. 5 February 2021.
- 2.Norbert Gstrein. orawww.uibk.ac.at. 21 October 2013.
- 3.Autor Gstrein : Werde fälschlich immer als "Doktor" angesprochen. Die Welt. 27 August 2017.
- 4.Gstrein, Norbert. Winters in the South – New Books in German. New Books in German.
- 5.Gstrein, Norbert. Review: A Sense of the Beginning. European Literature Network. 15 September 2016.
- 6.Norbert Gstrein. internationales literaturfestival berlin. 13 May 2022.
- 7.Personen. Goethe-Institut Türkei. 1 June 2022.
- 8.Norbert Gstrein – 10 Bücher. Perlentaucher.
- 9.Uwe-Johnson-Preis 2003 geht an Norbert Gstrein für seinen Roman "Das Handwerk des Tötens". humanistisch.de. 3 July 2017.
- 10.Norbert Gstrein erhält Franz Nabl-Preis. Der Standard.
- 11.Anton-Wildgans-Preis geht an Norbert Gstrein. kurier.at. 18 June 2014.
- 12.Scherf, Martina. München: Norbert Gstrein bekommt den Thomas-Mann-Preis verliehen. Süddeutsche.de. 1 June 2022.
- 13.Norbert Gstrein Bücher & Biografie. PIPER.
- 14."Vier Tage, drei Nächte": Norbert Gstreins merkwürdiger Roman. NDR.de. 29 August 2022.
- 15.Klute, Hilmar. "Der zweite Jakob", ein Roman von Norbert Gstrein über Wut und Schuld. Süddeutsche.de. 15 February 2021.
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