Erich Hackl

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Erich Hackl is a politically committed author. His works, which are based on authentic cases, show that he does not want to accept the injustice that he encounters in many places and in many forms - especially in our more recent history. He repeatedly deals with the victims of political violence and with those figures in recent history who refused to accept the prevailing conditions. His works are published by Diogenes.

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Erich Hackl (Vienna Book Fair 2018)

Erich Hackl was born in Steyr (Upper Austria) in 1954 and studied German and Hispanic studies in Salzburg and Malaga. From 1977 onwards, he was an editor in Madrid and then a teacher and lecturer in Vienna. He has been a freelance writer, journalist, translator and editor of numerous anthologies since 1983. He has received numerous prizes and awards for his work.

Prizes and awards (selection):

  • 1995 Gerrit Engelke Prize
  • 1996 Bruno Kreisky Prize for the political book
  • 2002 Literature Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 2004 Honorary Prize of the Austrian Book Trade for Tolerance in Thought and Action
  • 2010 Honorary doctorate from the Paris-London University of Salzburg
  • 2013 Adalbert Stifter Prize of the Province of Upper Austria