Born-where

Robert Schindel

1992

Around noon they got dressed warmly and went for a walk. The fog stood high, suddenly the sun broke through, Jesuit Meadow was full of snow. As they crossed Rustenschacher Street there was a Breughel painting on display. Colorfully dressed children were pulling their sleighs in the direction of Sleigh hill. Others were standing in stocking caps…

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Robert Schindel

b. 1944

Austrian-born Robert Schindel is a novelist, poet, short story writer, and essayist. He was active in the 1968 movement and was the co-founder of the student movement Kommune Wien. After studying philosophy and education at the University of Vienna, he edited a literary journal and later worked as a magazine correspondent. His novel Gebürtig was adapted into a film. Schindel received the Elias Canetti Grant in 1991 and the Erich Fried Prize in 1993.

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