# Xaver Bayer
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{{Short description|Austrian writer (born 1977)}}
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'''Xaver Bayer''' (born 5 May 1977 in [Vienna](/source/Vienna)) is an [Austria](/source/Austria)n writer.
== Life ==
He studied philosophy and [German](/source/German_studies).
In 2000 he founded the Internet platform [https://web.archive.org/web/20180803212017/http://dieflut.at/ dieflut.at], one of the first [digital literature collective](/source/digital_literature_collective)s.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} In addition to his novels, stories and plays, he has written texts for collaborative works with the painters [Martha Jungwirth](/source/Martha_Jungwirth) and [David Schnell](/source/David_Schnell) and the [art collective](/source/art_collective) [G.R.A.M.](/source/G.R.A.M.) He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film ''Glanz des Tages'' ("Shine of the Day") by [Rainer Frimmel](/source/Rainer_Frimmel) and [Tizza Covi](/source/Tizza_Covi), which won the [Max Ophüls Prize](/source/Max_Oph%C3%BCls_Prize).
== Awards ==
* 2002 [Hermann-Lenz-Stipendium](/source/Hermann-Lenz-Preis)
* 2004 Reinhard-Priessnitz-Preis
* 2008 [Hermann-Lenz-Preis](/source/Hermann-Lenz-Preis)
* 2011 Österreichischer Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien[{{Cite web|title = Jung und Jung – Autoren|url = http://jungundjung.at/content.php?id=3&a_id=1|website = jungundjung.at|access-date = 2016-02-20|archive-date = 2016-03-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302175917/http://jungundjung.at/content.php?id=3&a_id=1|url-status = dead}}]
* 2014 Literar-Mechana-Stipendium
* 2019: [Niederösterreichischer Culture Prize in literature](/source/%3Ade%3ANieder%25C3%25B6sterreichischer_Kulturpreis)
* 2020 [Österreichischer Buchpreis](/source/%3Ade%3A%25C3%2596sterreichischer_Buchpreis) for ''Geschichten mit Marianne''
== Works ==
* ''Heute könnte ein glücklicher Tag sein'' (novel, 2001) Jung und Jung, Salzburg (TB 2003 {{ISBN|3-518-45522-2}})
* ''Die Alaskastraße'' (novel, 2003) Jung und Jung, Salzburg (TB 2005 {{ISBN|3-518-45707-1}})
* ''Als ich heute aufwachte, aufstand und mich wusch, da schien mir plötzlich, mir sei alles klar auf dieser Welt und ich wüsste, wie man leben soll'' (play, 2004) {{ISBN|978-3-902113-27-6}}
* ''Weiter'' (novel, 2006) {{ISBN|978-3-902497-12-3}}
* ''Das Buch vom Regen und Schnee'' (prose, 2007, with lithographies by Martha Jungwirth) {{ISBN|3-900678-90-1}}
* ''Die durchsichtigen Hände'' (short stories, 2008) {{ISBN|978-3-902497-42-0}}
* ''Wenn die Kinder Steine ins Wasser werfen'' (prose, 2011) {{ISBN|978-3-902497-87-1}}
* ''Aus dem Nebenzimmer'' (prose and poetry, 2014) {{ISBN|978-3-902951-07-6}}[{{Cite news|title = Xaver Bayer : Blicke wie zahme Jungvögel|url = http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2014-12/xaver-bayer-geheimnisvolles-knistern-aus-dem-zauberreich|newspaper = Die Zeit|access-date = 2016-02-20|issn = 0044-2070|first = Ulrich|last = Rüdenauer}}]
* ''Geheimnisvolles Knistern aus dem Zauberreich'' (prose, 2014) Jung und Jung, Salzburg {{ISBN|978-3-99027-055-4}}[[http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/xaver-bayer-das-raetsel-namens-wirklichkeit.700.de.html?dram:article_id=317857 Xaver Bayer: Das Rätsel namens Wirklichkeit], Rezension von Cornelius Wüllenkemper im Deutschlandfunk vom 22.]
* ''Atlas'' (short story, 2017) {{ISBN|978-3-7099-3406-7}}
* ''Wildpark'' (prose, 2018) {{ISBN|978-3-902951-36-6}}
* ''Geschichten mit Marianne'' (short stories, 2020), Jung und Jung, Salzburg 2020 {{ISBN|978-3-99027-242-8}}, translated in French ''La Vie avec Marianne'', Éditions du Faubourg 2022 {{ISBN|978-2491241988}}
== Literature ==
* Martin Brinkmann: ''Unbehagliche Welten. Wirklichkeitserfahrungen in der neuen deutschsprachigen Literatur, dargestellt anhand von Christian Krachts „Faserland“ (1995), Elke Naters „Königinnen“ (1998), Xaver Bayers „Heute könnte ein glücklicher Tag sein“ (2001) und Wolfgang Schömels „Die Schnecke. Überwiegend neurotische Geschichten“ (2002)''. In: Weimarer Beiträge 53 (2007), H. 1, S. 17–46
== References ==
== External links ==
* {{German National Library portal|123553148}}
* [http://www.zehnseiten.de/de/buecher/detail/xaver-bayer-wenn-die-kinder-steine-ins-wasser-werfen-210.html Videolesung „Die durchsichtigen Hände“ auf zehnseiten.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303004230/http://www.zehnseiten.de/de/buecher/detail/xaver-bayer-wenn-die-kinder-steine-ins-wasser-werfen-210.html |date=2016-03-03 }}
* [http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/25/interview-xaver-bayer Interview auf ZEIT-online]
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Category:21st-century Austrian writers
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Category:21st-century Austrian novelists
Category:Writers from Vienna
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Category:21st-century Austrian male writers
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