Andreas Okopenko

Andreas Okopenko (Born March 15 1930 in Košice (Slovakia)) is an Austrian writer.

Andreas Okopenko was born as a son of a Ukrainian physician and his mother was Austrian. From 1939, the family lived in Vienna. After studying chemistry at the University of Vienna Okopenko was active in the industry. Starting from 1950 he dedicated himself increasingly to the literature. From 1951 to 1953, he created a literature magazine, in which he published numerous member of the Austrian avant-garde of that time. Since 1968 he lives as a free writer in Vienna.

Okopenko was, from 1973 to 1985, a member of the Grazer author meeting; since 1999, he is a member of the Austrian art senate.

Honors

*1965 Anton Wildgans price
*1977 Austrian appreciation price for literature
*1983 Literary award of the city Vienna
*1993 Literary award of the Hertha Kräftner society (Grosshöflein/Burgenland)
*1995 Golden honour medal of the city Vienna
*1998 Grand Austrian State Prize
*2002 George Trakl price

Notable Works

* " Child Nazi ", 1984
* " Affenzucker/Neue Lockergedichte ", 1999

External links

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* [http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/german/austria/okopenko.html Literaturlandschaft Österreich: Andreas Okopenko]
* [http://www.litlinks.it/o/okopenko.htm Überblick über Texte von Andreas Okopenko im Internet]
* [http://www.essl.at/bibliogr/elex.html ELEX - Der elektronische Lexikon-Roman]

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