Rudi Krausmann

Gangan Verlag book launch at the Goethe-Institut Sydney (1991)

Rudi Krausmann (born 23 July 1933 in Mauerkirchen, Salzburg) is an Austrian born Australian playwright and poet.

Life

Rudi Krausmann studied Economics in Vienna and worked as a journalist for the Austrian newspaper, Salzburger Nachrichten. In 1958 he migrated to Australia where he worked as a part-time German tutor, freelance-writer and as a broadcaster on Radio 2EA-FM and 2SER-FM. He founded and from 1975 to 1989 also edited Aspect: Art and Literature magazine, and was presenter of the German Language Program on SBS Radio.[1]

Since 1969 he has had numerous books published in small presses such as Wild & Woolley and Hale & Iremonger (Sydney).[2] From 1989 to 1994 he was translator (with Gerald Ganglbauer and others) and editor (with Michael Wilding and Gisela Triesch) for the Austrian-Australian Gangaroo (Gangan Verlag, Vienna). More recently he collaborated with visual artists such as Gary Shead and Andrew Sibley in printing numbered and signed limited edition books. He lives in Sydney and frequently travels overseas.[3]

Bibliography

Books

Plays

References

  1. ↑ AustLit Agent: Krausmann, Rudi in: The Australian Literature Resource.
  2. ↑ Walter Tonetto: Exiled in Language: The Poetry of Margaret Diesendorf, Walter Billeter, Rudi Krausmann, and Manfred Jurgensen. Academica Press, Lewiston N.Y. 2001, ISBN 978-1-930901-24-7.
  3. ↑ Interview with Rudi Krausmann at Gleebooks, Glebe, NSW.
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