Martin Auer
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Martin Auer is an Austria
n writer.
He was born in Vienna
in 1951. After finishing school he started but never finished the study of German and History. He was an actor, a singer-songwriter, a journalist and a magician before he published his first book in 1986. Since then he has published more than 40 titles, about two thirds for children. He has been awarded several prizes, among them the Austrian National Prize for Children's Literature in 1994, 1998 and 2000. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1997 and has been made an Honorary Professor in 2005.
His book Der seltsame Krieg (The Strange War) is available on the Internet in more than 20 languages. In print it has been published in German (ISBN 3 407 78436 8), Korean (ISBN 89 953304 8 1 03850), Persian
(ISBN 964 7418 55 8) and Arabic (ISBN 977 304 102 6).
Since 2002 Martin Auer has been a regular contributor to New Delhi's Parenting magazine.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n writer.
He was born in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
in 1951. After finishing school he started but never finished the study of German and History. He was an actor, a singer-songwriter, a journalist and a magician before he published his first book in 1986. Since then he has published more than 40 titles, about two thirds for children. He has been awarded several prizes, among them the Austrian National Prize for Children's Literature in 1994, 1998 and 2000. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1997 and has been made an Honorary Professor in 2005.
His book Der seltsame Krieg (The Strange War) is available on the Internet in more than 20 languages. In print it has been published in German (ISBN 3 407 78436 8), Korean (ISBN 89 953304 8 1 03850), Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
(ISBN 964 7418 55 8) and Arabic (ISBN 977 304 102 6).
Since 2002 Martin Auer has been a regular contributor to New Delhi's Parenting magazine.
Works translated in English
- Now, Now, MarkusNow, Now, MarkusNow, Now, Markus is a Children's novel by Martin Auer, first published in 1988 in German as "Bimbo und sein Vogel", illustrated by Simone Klages....
, or, I Need a Bird (illustrated by Simone Klages) ISBN 1-55037-092-8 - The Blue Boy (illustrated by Simone Klages) ISBN 0-02-707610-5
External links
- Martin Auer's homepage in German and English
- The Strange War - Stories for a Culture of Peace in more than 20 languages
- The Happy Hour Storybook
- author page at Lyrikline.orgLyrikline.orglyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry as audio and text , plus bibliographies and biographies for each poet.lyrikline.org was started in November 1999 as a German-language site...
, with audio and text in German, and translations into Albanian and Persian.