Oswald Egger Explained

Oswald Egger is a South Tyrolean (Italy) lyricist and writer in the German language. He is the 2024 recipient of the Georg-Büchner Prize,[1] which is "considered the most important literary award in the Germanophone language area".[2]

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.[3]

Works

Widely known by literati as a poet, Egger has also written prose texts.[4]

Works in English translation

Awards (selection)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oswald Egger Receives the Georg Büchner Prize for 2024. News on suhrkamp.de.
  2. Web site: WDR German Public Broadcasting . Der mit 50.000 Euro dotierte Büchner-Preis gilt als bedeutendste literarische Auszeichnung im deutschen Sprachraum..
  3. Web site: Stipendiaten Details - VATMH (de). www.vatmh.org.
  4. Web site: deutschlandfunk.de . 2024-11-03 . Darmstadt - Georg-Büchner-Preis an Oswald Egger verliehen . 2024-11-03 . Die Nachrichten . de.
  5. Web site: Find our author Oswald Egger on suhrkamp.de.