Education
From 1978 to 1982 he studied sculpture at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna.
From 1978 to 1982 he studied sculpture at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna.
During the 1980s he worked as a sculptor and woodcutter. Schwab was a heavy drinker who was said to have written his plays late at night while listening to loud music (particularly the band Einstürzende Neubauten, whom he was friends with). His body was found on New Year"s Day 1992 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis.