Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian author, essayist and translator.
Biography
Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna.
Works
Der Baron und die Fische, 1966
Der tote Onkel, 1967, 1981 filmed by Georg Lhotsky
Leichenschmaus, 1969
Der Sammlersammler, 1971
Königrufen, 1973
Pim, 1973
Wolkenreiter und Sohn, 1977
Zu den schönen Aussichten, 1978
Die drei Botschafter, 1980
Wolkenreiter & Sohn, 1982, Drehbuch, filmed by Sepp Strubel
Das Rettungslos, 1983, filmed by Georg Madeja and Peter Bongartz, Christine Ostermayer, Wilfried Baasner Die göttliche Rosl Der Kopfstand des Antipoden, 1985 Besuch, 1987 Die Maschine, 2000 Das Röhren der Hirsche, 2001 Des Kaisers neue Maus, 2001
Honours and awards
1967: Literature Promotion Prize of Theodor Körner Foundation Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art 1968: Prize of the city of Vienna for literature 1968: Funding contribution of the Vienna Art Fund of the Central Savings Bank in Vienna for literature 1970: Anton Wildgans Prize 1973: Merit Award of Lower Austria for literature 1985: Price of the Inklings Society of Literature and Aesthetics 1986: Translators premium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Arts 1996: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
