Background
Haslinger was born in Zwettl, Lower Austria.
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Haslinger was born in Zwettl, Lower Austria.
He studied philosophy, drama and Germanic studies. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1980.
In 1995 he was a lecturer at the University of Kassel and wrote parts of his political thriller novel, Opera Ball there. Haslinger has taught since 1996 as a professor of literary aesthetics at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. 1980 Theodor Körner Prize V. V.
1980 Theodor Körner Prize 1982 Österreichisches Staatsstipendium für Literatur 1984 Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien 1985 Stipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds 1988 Österreichisches Dramatikerstipendium 1989 erostepost-Literaturpreis 1993-1994 Elias Canetti-Stipendium der Stadt Wien 1994 Stipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds e.V. 1994 Förderungspreis des Landes Niederösterreich für Literatur 1996 New-York-Stipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds e.V. 2000 Literaturpreis der Stadt Wien 2000 Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln 2010 Mainzer Stadtschreiber 2011 Rheingau Literatur Preis.
German Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center.
