Peter Paul Wiplinger
Peter Paul Wiplinger (* June 26 1939 in Haslach an der Mühl) is an Austrian writer and photographer.
Wiplinger was born in 1939 in Haslach an der Mühl in Upper Austria as the tenth child of a merchant family. He studied performance arts, German and philosophy. Since 1960 he has lived as liberal writer and photographer in Vienna. He is member of the Austrian P.E.N., auf the Austrian League for Human Rights, of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance against Nazisms, and he is directing member of the writers' association IG Autoren. He received several literature awards.
Wiplinger published about 30 books, which have been translated to more than 20 languages. He primarily writes political essays, poetry and artistic photography.
Works (Selection)
- Hoc est enim, poetry, Munich 1966
- Gitter, poetry, Baden bei Wien 1981
- Herzschläge, poetry, Baden bei Wien 1989
- Lebenszeichen, poetry, Klagenfurt 1992
- Ausgestoßen, prose, Gosau 1994/2004
- Niemandsland, poetry, Eisenstadt 2002
- Lebensbilder, memories, Grünbach 2003
- Steine im Licht, poetry, Gosau 2007