Photo Heribert Corn

Photo Heribert Corn

Paulus Hochgatterer

Born in 1961 in Amstetten/ Lower Austria. Studied medicine and psychology at the University of Vienna. Lives as a storyteller, playwright and child and youth psychiatrist in Vienna and Lower Austria. His narrative work has been translated into more than 15 languages and has received numerous awards, including the Austrian State Prize for Youth Literature (2000), the European Union Prize for Literature (2009) and the Austrian Art Prize (2010). His play 'Böhm' was recently shown at the Vienna Burgtheater and the Residenztheater in Munich.


Fliege fort, fliege fort
Deuticke, 2019

Der Tag, an dem mein Großvater ein Held war
Deuticke, 2017

Katzen, Körper, Krieg der Knöpfe. Eine Poetik der Kindheit
Reden, Vorlesungen, Deuticke, 2012

Das Matratzenhaus
Deuticke, 2010

Die Süße des Lebens
Deuticke, 2006

Eine kurze Geschichte vom Fliegenfischen
Deuticke, 2003

Über Raben
Deuticke, 2002

Caretta Caretta
Deuticke,1999

Wildwasser
Deuticke,1997

and others..