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 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.

Ø  Trautmann 2000 – 2005

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