Biography




Born October 10th, 1945 in Vienna, Austria.
Study of philosophy and logic in Vienna, Munich and Kiel. Master's Degree and Doctorate with works about Montague's Intensional Logic of Types and Temporal Logic.
Lectureships at the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg. Between 1984 and 2005 lecturer (university instructor) at the Institute of Philosophy in Vienna.



Prizes

1984 Award for First Time Publication from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.

1987 Book Award from the Federal Ministry for Education the Arts and Sport.

1987 Furtherance Prize from the City of Vienna.

1994 Award from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.

1998 Book Award from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

1998 Theodor Koerner Prize



Grants

1993 Work Grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.

1994 Project Grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.

1994/95 State Grant for Literature from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.

1995/96 Travel Grant for Russia from the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts.

1997/98 Travel Grant for Russia from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

1999/2000 Grant from the Millennium Funds of the LVG.

1999/2000 Project Grant from the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2001/2002 Project Grant from the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2001/2002 Travel Grant for Ukraine from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2004/2005 Projekt Grant from the Office of Federal Chancellor.

2006 Travel Grant for Armenia from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2006/2007 Grant from the Millennium Fonds of the LVG.

2007 Travel Grant for Israel from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2008 Travel Grant for Israel from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

2008/2009 Projekt Grant from the Office of Federal Chancellor.



Contests

1986 Participation at the Literary Conference in Kreienhoop.

1987 Participation in the Bachmann-Contest in Klagenfurt.



I am member of the IG authors, the GAV and the PODIUM. I am an Austrian citizen, and work as a free-lance writer in Vienna.