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Peter Stephan Jungk (* December 19 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American, German speaking novelist.

Life

Peter Stephan Jungk was born to futurologist Robert Jungk. He grew up in the United States and after 1957 in Vienna. From 1968 to 1970 he attended the Robert-Steiner-School in Berlin. He lived in Salzburg from 1970 till he took his Matura in 1972. In 1973 Peter Stephan Jungk worked with the theater of Basel as an assistant director. From 1974 to 1976 he studied at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles.

From 1976 to 1979 he lived in Salzburg again. In 1979 he worked with Peter Handke on filming Handke's The Left-Handed Woman as an assitant director. In 1980 Jungk attended a Torah School in Jerusalem. He moved back to Vienna in 1981. Since 1988 he is living in Paris with his wife, photographer Lillian Birnbaum. In 1994 their daughter Adah Dylan was born.

Peter Stephan Jungk is an author of novels, essays and scripts. In some cases he also directed the movie version of his own works. Besides he translates from English.

Peter Stephan Jungk is a member of the Austrian Pen Club.

Awards

Stephan-Andres-Prize

Works

  • Stechpalmenwald. Frankfurt am Main 1978
  • Rundgang. Frankfurt am Main 1981
  • Franz Werfel. (English Title: Franz Werfel, A Life in Prague, Vienna and Hollywood) Frankfurt am Main 1987
  • Tigor. Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Vier Frauen. Heidelberg 1994 (zusammen mit Lillian Birnbaum)
  • Die Unruhe der Stella Federspiel. München u.a. 1996
  • Die Erbschaft. (English title: The Inheritance) München 1999
  • Der König von Amerika. (English title: Perfect American) Stuttgart 2001
  • Die Reise über den Hudson (English title: Crossing the Hudson) Stuttgart 2005

Publisher

Translations

  • Woody Allen: Gott. Frankfurt am Main 1989
  • Christopher Durang: Betty, Boo und die Ehe. Frankfurt am Main 1987
  • Christopher Durang: Gebrüllt vor Lachen. Frankfurt am Main 1989
  • Raymond Fitzsimons: Edmund Kean. Frankfurt am Main 1987
  • Gabriel Gbadamosi: Hotel Orpheu. Frankfurt am Main 1994
  • Thornton Wilder: Bei Shakespeare und in der Bibel. Frankfurt am Main 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: Es läutet an der Tür. Frankfurt am Main 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: Jugend. Frankfurt am Main 1999
  • Thornton Wilder: Unterirdische Flußläufe. Frankfurt am Main 1999

Documentaries

  • Franz Werfel - Ein Weltfreund zwischen den Welten (ZDF/ORF, 1988)
  • Leo Perutz - Der Meister der Nacht (ZDF/ORF, 1989)
  • Eugen Bavcar - Dunkles Licht (ZDF/ORF, 1992)
  • André Previn - Eine Brücke zwischen den Welten (Dor-Film, 2008)
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