Biography

Born October 6th, 1945 in Vienna, Austria.

Study of philosophy and logic in Vienna, Munich and Kiel. Master's Degree and Doctorate with works about Montague's Intensional Logic of Types and Temporal Logic.

Lectureships at the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg. Between 1984 and 2005 lecturer (university instructor) at the Institute of Philosophy in Vienna.

Prizes

1984		Award for First Time Publication from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.
1987		Book Award from the Federal Ministry for Education the Arts and Sport.
1987		Furtherance Prize from the City of Vienna.
1994		Award from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.
1998		Book Award from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
1998		Theodor Koerner Prize
2000		Book Award from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.

Grants

1983		Work Grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.
1994		Project Grant from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.
1994/95		State Grant for Literature from the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Sport.
1995/96		Travel Grant for Russia from the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts.
1997/98		Travel Grant for Russia from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
1999/2000		Grant from the Millennium Funds of the LVG.
1999/2000		Project Grant from the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2001/2002		Project Grant from the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2001/2002		Travel Grant for Ukraine from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2004/2005		Project Grant from the Office of Federal Chancellor.
2006/2007		Grant from the Millennium Fonds of the LVG.
2006		Travel Grant for Armenia from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2007		Travel Grant for Israel from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2008		Travel Grant for Israel from the Division for the Arts of the Office of the Federal Chancellor.
2008/2009		Projekt Grant from the Office of Federal Chancellor.

Contests

1986		Participation at the Literary Conference in Kreienhoop.
1987		Participation in the Bachmann-Contest in Klagenfurt.

I am member of the IG authors, the GAV and the PODIUM. I am an Austrian citizen, and work as a free-lance writer in Vienna.