Herbert J. Wimmer

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Born in Melk / Lower Austria on 2 May 1951.
Freelance writer since 1973.
In 1992 started studying German language and literature / drama studies / journalism and communication studies / comparative social history of literature in Vienna (graduated in 1997).
Contributions to radio, literary criticism and film reviews, editor and publisher, photography, drawing, watercolours, collages.
Literary collaborations with the writer Elfriede Gerstl (+ 2009).
Exhibitions at the Literaturhaus, Vienna (1993, 2000, 2013) and at the Literarischer Quartier Alte Schmiede (1989).
Herbert J. Wimmer lives in Vienna.

Recent prizes and awards:

• 1999 Siemens LITERATniktechTUR Prize for Literature
• 2009 Heimrad Bäcker Prize
• 2011 Lower Austrian Prize for Culture

Most recent books:

• Nervenlauf. Die Tücke der Objekte (Flow of Nerves. The Perversity of Inanimate Objects). Vienna: Sonderzahl, 2007.
• Ganze Teile (Whole Parts). Poems. Vienna: Klever, 2010.
• grüner anker. 99 Gedichte (green anchor. 99 Poems). Vienna: Klever, 2012.
• Membran (Membrane). Novel. With a workshop interview as postscript. Vienna: Sonderzahl, 2013.
• wiener zimmer. 100 gedichte. (viennese room. 100 poems). Vienna: Klever, 2014.
• Tote im Text. Thriller - eine Irritation (Corpses in the Text. Thriller – A Vexation). Vienna: Sonderzahl, 2015.

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