Josef Kleindienst, A

Born in 1972 in Spittal/Drau, lives in Vienna. Studied Philosophy, Theatre Studies, German Philology and Spanish at the University of Vienna, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Applied Arts Vienna (chair for Philosophy, Aesthetics).

Prose, plays and screenplays

Various jobs, most recently as German teacher in Yemen. Author of prose, plays and screenplays. Publications in anthologies and literary journals. 

"An dem Tag, als ich meine Friseuse küsste, sind viele Vögel gestorben". Novel. Sonderzahl Verlag August 2010

Josef Kleindienst: Videoportrait
Video: Anna Ceeh
Kamera: CastYourArt
Musik: Infra Red Army

Josef Kleindienst_(Bild: Michaela Theurl

Awards (selection)

• Travelling scholarship of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts 2004.

• Screenplay grant of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts 2008.

• Invitation to the radio play festival in Berlin with Werden Sie Mitglied 2008.

Josef Kleindienst (Skizze: Annelore Reski)Skizze: Annelore Reski

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