Karl-Markus Gauß Explained

Karl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor.[1] He lives in Salzburg.

Biography

Gauß has a degree for German Philology and History from the University of Salzburg.[2] He very early published literary essays, primarily in the magazine Wiener Tagebuch (Viennese Diary).[3] Since 1991, Gauß is editor in chief of the literary magazine Literatur und Kritik, published by the Salzburg publishing house Otto Müller Verlag.[4] In addition, he writes articles and essays for Austrian, German and Swiss newspapers and magazines, such as Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Salzburger Nachrichten, and Die Presse. In 2006, Karl-Markus Gauß was accepted as member of the German Academy of Language and Poetry.[5]

Works

Primarily, Karl-Markus Gauß writes essays. One of his main topics are ethnic minorities, some of which aren't sometimes known to the readers even by their name, such as the Aromanians,[6] Roma,[7] Arbëreshë and the Sephardim.[8] Other important topics are Central and South Eastern Europe. Gauß visited these countries on several occasions, usually jointly with the photographer Kurt Kaindl.

His cultural reports and essays describe cultural encounters and intellectual exchanges with the writers of those countries, but also with people "like me and you", on the streets and in pubs. Gauß uses his books very often to present and promote writers from Central and Eastern Europe, who are relatively unknown in Austria and Germany.

Literary prizes and awards

Bibliography

References

  1. In one single interview, Gauß by joke characterized himself to be an independent scholar. The interviewer, not being aware of this allusion to exactly same statement made by some Lenin, quite a while earlier, wrote so, and Gauß' statement ever since became repeated by other journalists, not being aware either.
  2. Web site: Karl-Markus Gauß . Munzinger Biographie . de . 6 December 2021.
  3. Web site: Österreichs führender Essayist Karl-Markus Gauß wird 60 . . 14 May 2014 . de . 6 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Literatur und Kritik . Startseite – Österreichische Nationalbibliothek . de . 6 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Academy – Members – Karl-Markus Gauß . Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung . de . 6 December 2021.
  6. Web site: The Unknown Europeans . New Austrian Information . 27 June 2006 . 6 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Alltagsrassismus gegen Roma: Bittere Lektionen . . 10 January 2000 . de . 6 December 2021.
  8. Web site: Sterbende Europäer. Unterwegs zu den Sorben, Aromunen, Gottscheer Deutschen, Arbereshe und den Sepharden von Sarajevo . . 6 July 2018 . de . 6 December 2021.
  9. Web site: Rene-Marcic-Preis für Karl-Markus Gauß . . de . 6 December 2021.
  10. Web site: Manès-Sperber-Preis für Literatur . Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport . de . 6 December 2021.
  11. Web site: Literatur und Kritik . Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 14 January 2006 . de . 6 December 2021.
  12. Web site: Vilenica International Literary Awards 2005 Gauss Rakusa . Europeana . it . 6 December 2021.
  13. Web site: Karl-Markus Gauß erhält Georg-Dehio-Buchpreis . . 15 May 2006 . de . 6 December 2021.
  14. Web site: Mitteleuropa-Preis . Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa . de . 6 December 2021.
  15. Web site: Awards – Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis – Karl-Markus Gauß . Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung . de . 6 December 2021.
  16. Web site: Karl-Markus Gauß erhielt Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst . . 27 July 2019 . de . 6 December 2021.
  17. Web site: Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung: Karl-Markus Gauß wird ausgezeichnet . . 6 December 2021 . de . 6 December 2021.
  18. Web site: Auszeichnung für Karl-Markus Gauß – Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung . . 6 December 2021 . de . 6 December 2021.

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