love virtually & every seventh wave daniel glattauer

Since the birth of Theo, Glattauer's nephew, Daniel documented his upbringing and maturing in short texts and interviews and further made him the topic of two books, ' Theo und der Rest der Welt' (1997) and ' Theo. Daniel Glattauer's brother, Nikolaus, is a journalist, author and teacher in Vienna, having published books with a humorous take on education. Herbert Glattauer is currently working on his next novel. He also wrote around 40 short stories under the pseudonym 'Oscar Hannibal Pippering', starring a private detective of the same name. Glattauer, his father, is a retired journalist and freelance writer, having published multiple books. Glattauer is not the only journalist and author in his family. She brought her 5-year-old son, Thomas, into the relationship and they raised him together. The same year, at the age of 25, he met Lisi, whom he married 20 years later. Īfter graduating in 1978, he went on to study pedagogy and art history at the University of Vienna in 1979, where he also did his doctorate in 1985, writing his dissertation about 'the evil in the upbringing'. For private use only he also wrote songs for the guitar. In high school, at the age of 16, he started writing his first love poems and short stories that remain unpublished. Glattauer was born in Vienna on and was raised in Favoriten, the city's 10th district, where he also went to school at Neulandschule Laaerberg. Biography Early life, education and family

With him often being described as a 'feel-good-author', Glattauer's work is characterized by humor and romantic relationships, catering to the masses and leading some critics to find fault with a lack of depth to his novels. Glattauer's novels and plays are inspired by his personal experiences, dealing with situations and themes constructed from memories of his time as a journalist and his psychosocial counsellor training. In 2006 he was nominated for the German Book Prize ( Deutscher Buchpreis) for his novel Love Virtually. His literary works were translated into 40 languages, sold over 3 million times and adapted for radio, theater, television and cinema alike, even beyond the German speaking countries. A former regular columnist for Der Standard, a national daily newspaper, he is best known for his dialogic epistolary novel Love Virtually ( Gut gegen Nordwind) and its sequel Every Seventh Wave ( Alle sieben Wellen). He was born in Vienna, where he still lives and works. Daniel Glattauer at the 'Leipzig Book Fair' in 2009.ĭaniel Glattauer (born ) is an Austrian writer and former journalist.

Love virtually & every seventh wave daniel glattauer