Ernst Hinterberger
Ernst Hinterberger was born on the 17 th October 1931; he died on the 14 th May 2012. He was an Austrian writer of novels, plays and suc...
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Ernst Hinterberger was born on the 17th October 1931; he died
on the 14th May 2012. He was an Austrian writer of novels, plays and
successful sitcoms.
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Life
Ernst Hinterberger was born and died in the city of Vienna. He was the
son of an unemployed typesetter; his father died when he was at the age of 7.
He finished his training as an electrician, and then from the year 1950 to the
year 1952, he trained at the Police School of the city of Vienna to be a
police, but he left after a few weeks because he needed glasses and that was
not needed at that time. He worked as a laborer after his stay in the police of
the country. In the year 1958, Ernst Hinterberger got married and attended the
Library School of the city of Vienna and after that he worked for the total of
10 years as a librarian in adult education centre of the library. After the
library has been closed in the year 1968, Ernst Hinterberger worked in the
shipping factory and was there until he retired in the year 1991. He could not
depend on only writing for his source of income. He got his lungs damaged from
the factory work.
He found out about his talent in literature in the 1950s through Oskar
Maria Graf, the Bavarian writer. He started writing at the age of 24.
He has resided in a 44 square metre city-owned flat on the Margaretengürtel
in the city of Vienna.
His wife, Margarete
died in the year 2001, after 45 years of marriage.
Books
(selection)
Ø Beweisaufnahme, 1965 novel
Ø Salz der Erde, 1966 novel
Ø Wer fragt nach uns: Geschichten von kleinen Leuten,
armen Hunden und Aussenseitern 1975, historical novel
Ø Das Abbruchhaus, 1977 novel
Ø Jogging, 1984 detective
novel
Ø Superzwölfer, 1988 detective
novel
Ø Kleine Leute, 1989 novel
Ø Das fehlende W, 1991 detective
novel
Ø Und über uns die Heldenahnen ...,
1992 detective novel
Ø Alleingang, 1993 detective
novel
Ø Kleine Blumen, 1993 detective
novel
Ø Von furzenden Pferden, Ausland und Inländern,
1993 novel
Ø Zahltag, 1997 detective
novel
Ø Die dunkle Seite, 1998 detective
novel
Ø Ein Abschied. Lebenserinnerungen
2002
Plays
Ø Im Käfig
Ø Immer ist ja nicht Sonntag
Ø Die Puppe
Ø Offene Gesellschaft
Ø Swimmingpool
Television
Ø Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1975 – 79, 24-episode sitcom
Ø Kaisermühlen-Blues, 1992 – 1999,
64-episode sitcom.
Awards
Ø City
of Vienna Achievement Award, 1971
Ø Anton
Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry, for Wer
fragt nach uns, 1974
Ø Golden
Romy, Kurier TV Star, 1993
Ø Austrian
Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1994
Ø Gold
Award for Service of the City of Vienna, 1996
Ø Ehrenkieberer ("Honorary
Cop"), award from the Vereinigung
der Bundeskriminalbeamten Österreichs, shared with Wolfgang Böck, 2001
Ø Austrian
Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class, 2003
Ø Goldener Rathausmann ("Gold Town
Hall Man") of the City of Vienna, 2007
Ø Buchliebling Lifetime Award, 2009
Ø Axel
Corti Prize for lifetime achievement, 2010
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