Background
Schuh was born, and lives, in Vienna, where, just like his predecessors, he prefers to write in one of the traditional coffeehouses.
lecturer literary critic novelist
Schuh was born, and lives, in Vienna, where, just like his predecessors, he prefers to write in one of the traditional coffeehouses.
Franz Schuh studied philosophy, history and German studies in Vienna and graduated with his doctorate.
1976-1980 he was Secretary General of the Grazer Autorenversammlung, then editor of "Wespennest" (wasp nest) and head of the essayist and literary program of the publisher Deuticke. He works as a freelancer for various broadcasters and national newspapers and as a lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He was also a guest at the "Literaturhaus Wien" (House of Literature in Vienna).
Since June 2009 he writes the column "Crime & Punishment" in the magazine Datum and talks a lot on the public radio program Ö1 among other things, in his "Magazine of happiness".
1986: Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism 1987: City of Vienna Award for PuPreis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik 2000: Jean-Améry-Prize 2006: Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse in der Kategorie Sachbuch/Essayistik für „Schwere Vorwürfe, schmutzige Wäsche“ 2006: Davos Swiss Media Award for outstanding achievement in journalism 2009: Essay-Prize Tractatus Philosophicum Lech.
