Wilhelm Hengstler

Wilhelm Hengstler, born in Graz in 1944, earned his doctorate in law in 1969 and is considered one of the authors of the so-called Grazer Gruppe; he lives in Judendorf near Graz. After completing various postgraduate studies, he worked as a cultural journalist. As a director, he filmed the adaptation of Jack Unterweger’s novel Fegefeuer (1989), Tief oben (1995), and several documentaries. His literary works include Die letzte Premiere (1987), Fare (2003), Pisco sour (2012) and flussabwärts, flussabwärts (2015). In 1995, Hengstler was awarded the Viennale Prize, and in 2004, the manuskripte Prize.