Erwin Riess (March 13, 1957 – March 25, 2023),[1] was an Austrian political scientist, playwright and journalist. He was a wheelchair user since 1983, an activist for the disabled, and worked as a freelance writer since 1994, authoring plays, radio plays, scripts and prose.[2]
Erwin Riess | |
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 Riess at the Vienna Book Fair in 2017 | |
| Born | March 13, 1957 |
| Died | March 25, 2023 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Website | |
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Life
editErwin Riess attended school in Krems, Austria and later returned to Vienna to study political and theatre science. In 1983 he was relegated to a wheelchair after the discovery of a back tumor. Since then he was active in disability campaigns and humanitarian efforts to improve living conditions for disabled persons living in Austria.[3]
He was a freelance writer providing material for magazines and newspapers in addition to writing theatrical works, many of which have been performed internationally. Based on the life of Stephen Hawking, "Hawking's Dream" is arguably his most famous and well-received work.[3]
Works
edit- Kuruzzen: A Chronicle from the Time of Prince Eugene (1996)
- Adieu Madrid (1997)
- Hawking's Dream (1998)
- Mr. Groll experiences the world (1999)
- Giordanos Order (novel, 1999)
- My Austria (2001)
External links
edit- erwin-riess.at Website de Erwin Riess
- Literature by and about Erwin Riess in the German National Library catalogue
- Erwin Riess Austrian Society for Literature
References
edit- ^ Platthaus, Andreas (March 27, 2023). "Zum Tod von Erwin Riess: Aus erzwungener Untersicht". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ Herbert, I. (2000). "HAWKING'S DREAM or THE GRAND UNIFIED QUANTUM THEORY OF HUMAN GRAVITY". Theatre Record. 20 (9–18): 632. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ^ a b "The writer Erwin Riess on the strange conditions in Carinthia (interview)". Zeit Online (in German).
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