Peter Marginter

Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian author, essayist and translator.

Biography
Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna.

Works

 * Der Baron und die Fische, 1966
 * Der tote Onkel, 1967, 1981 filmed by Georg Lhotsky
 * Leichenschmaus, 1969
 * Der Sammlersammler, 1971
 * Königrufen, 1973
 * Pim, 1973
 * Wolkenreiter und Sohn, 1977
 * Zu den schönen Aussichten, 1978
 * Die drei Botschafter, 1980
 * Wolkenreiter & Sohn, 1982, Drehbuch, filmed by Sepp Strubel
 * Das Rettungslos, 1983, filmed by Georg Madeja and Peter Bongartz, Christine Ostermayer, Wilfried Baasner
 * Die göttliche Rosl
 * Der Kopfstand des Antipoden, 1985
 * Besuch, 1987
 * Die Maschine, 2000
 * Das Röhren der Hirsche, 2001
 * Des Kaisers neue Maus, 2001

Honours and awards

 * 1967: Literature Promotion Prize of Theodor Körner Foundation Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art
 * 1968: Prize of the city of Vienna for literature
 * 1968: Funding contribution of the Vienna Art Fund of the Central Savings Bank in Vienna for literature
 * 1970: Anton Wildgans Prize
 * 1973: Merit Award of Lower Austria for literature
 * 1985: Price of the Inklings Society of Literature and Aesthetics
 * 1986: Translators premium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Arts
 * 1996: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class