Oswald Egger
Illustration — Egger in 2017 Oswald Egger is a South Tyrolean (Italy) lyricist and writer in the German language. He is the 2024 recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize, which is "considered the most important literary award in the Germanophone language area".
Oswald Egger
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- Born
- 1963 · Tscherms.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- writer · poet · linguist · journalist
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · poetry · linguistics · literary studies
- Honours
- Clemens-Brentano-Preis · Peter-Huchel-Preis · Oskar Pastior prize · Lyrikpreis Meran · Christian-Wagner-Preis · H. C. Artmann-award
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Egger in 2017 Oswald Egger is a South Tyrolean (Italy) lyricist and writer in the German language. He is the 2024 recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize, which is "considered the most important literary award in the Germanophone language area".
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Life and education
Life and education
Egger was born in Lana, South Tyrol, in 1963. He lives, like many other South Tyrolean intellectuals, in Vienna, Austria. In 1992 he completed his "Magister phil." (M.A.) in German Studies and Philosophy at the University of Vienna.
Works
Works
Widely known by literati as a poet, Egger has also written prose texts. • Die Erde der Rede. Gedicht. Kleinheinrich, 1993. • Gleich und Gleich. Edition Howeg, 1995. • Blaubarts Treue. Edition Howeg, 1997. • Juli, September, August. Edition Solitude, 1997. • Herde der Rede. Poem. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1999. • Nichts, das ist. Gedichte. Suhrkamp, 2001. • -broich. Homotopien eines Gedichts. Edition Korrespondenzen, 2003. • Prosa, Proserpina, Prosa. Suhrkamp, 2005. • Tag und Nacht sind zwei Jahre. Kalendergedichte. Ulrich Keicher, Warmbronn 2006. • nihilum album. Lieder & Gedichte. Suhrkamp, 2007. • Lustrationen. Vom poetischen Tun. Suhrkamp, 2008. • Diskrete Stetigkeit. Poesie und Mathematik. Suhrkamp, 2008. • Alinea. Vom Zersingen der Lieder. In: Aris Fioretos (Hrsg.): Babel. Für Werner Hamacher. Urs Engeler, Basel 2009, S. 126–133. • Die ganze Zeit. Suhrkamp, 2010. • Euer Lenz Prosa. Suhrkamp, 2013. • Gnomen und Amben. Brueterich Press, Berlin 2015,. • Harlekinsmäntel und andere Bewandtnisse. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2017,. • Val di Non. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2017,. • Entweder ich habe die Fahrt am Mississippi nur geträumt, oder ich träume jetzt. Mit Aquarellen des Authors. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2021,. • Welten von A–Z. Kleines Vademecum zum poetischen Tun. Lyrik Kabinett (Münchner Reden zur Poesie), München 2021..
Works in English translation
Works in English translation
• Room of Rumor: Tunings. A bilingual selection from Nichts, das ist, translated by Michael Pisaro. Green Integer, 2004.
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- “Oswald Egger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards (selection)
• Georg Büchner Prize (2024) • Georg Trakl Prize (2020) • Karl Sczuka Prize (2013) • H. C. Artmann Prize (2008) • Peter Huchel Prize (2007)
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