Background

Alois Brandstetter was born on December 5, 1938, in Pichl, Austria.

Education

Alois Brandstetter graduated from the University of Vienna in 1962.

Career

In 1971, Brandstetter was appointed professor at the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken and was a visiting professor at the University of Salzburg in the winter semester 1971-72. In 1974, Brandstätter was appointed a university professor of German language and literature at the University of Klagenfurt, a position he held until 2007.

As a writer, he began to act relatively late, but was quickly known after the first incentive prizes.

Achievements

• Philologist Alois Brandstetter is the prolific author of novels, stories, and reflections. He is the author of more than thirty published works. His quasi-mystery Die Abtei: Roman has appeared in English translation. His German-speaking audience knows him better for his often satirical works, including Die Burg, So wahr ich Feuerbach heisse, and Vom Manne aus Eicha, and his scholarly works, including Prosaauflosung.

Works

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  • Zur Syntax des Wetterberichtes und des Telegrammes 1968
  • Stille Größe 1971
  • Von den Halbschuhen der Flachländer und der Majestät der Alpen 1980
  • Zu Lasten der Briefträger 1974
  • Der Leumund des Lowen: Geschichten von grossen Tieren und Menschen 1976
  • Die Abtei 1977
  • Vom Schnee der vergangenen Jahre 1979
  • Die Mühle 1981
  • Altenehrung 1983
  • Österreichische Erzählungen des 20. Jahrhunderts 1984
  • Die Burg 1986
  • Landessaure: Starke Stiicke und schdne Geschichten 1986
  • Kleine Menschenkunde 1987
  • So wahr ich Feuerbach heisse: Roman 1988
  • Romulus und Wörthersee: Ein poetisches Wörterbuch 1989
  • Vom Manne aus Eicha: Roman 1991
  • Vom HörenSagen: Eine poetische Akustik 1992
  • Almträume: Eine Erzählung 1993
  • Hier kocht der Wirt: Roman 1995
  • Schonschreiben 1997
  • Meine besten Geschichten 1999

Personality

Brandstetter's short story collection Uber den grünen Klee der Kindheit includes ten stories that present the author’s reminiscences of childhood summers.

Quotes from others about the person

• “The primary subject of Alois Brandstetter's fiction has always been the manifold foibles of humanity ... as narrated, usually in a series of loosely associated digressions in lieu of plot.” - Peter Firchow
  
  “It is not possible to comment on each of the many episodes related in the ten stories. It is significant, however, to acknowledge that Brandstetter has become an outstanding and important writer of fiction.” - Thomas H. Falk

Connections

Brandstetter is married to the daughter of an Albanian who came to Austria as a refugee after World War II.