The same year, at the age of 25, he met Lisi, whom he married 20 years later. Īfter graduating in 1978, he went on to study pedagogy and art history at the University of Vienna in 1979, where he also did his doctorate in 1985, writing his dissertation about "the evil in the upbringing". For private use only he also wrote songs for the guitar. In high school, at the age of 16, he started writing his first love poems and short stories that remain unpublished. Glattauer was born in Vienna on and was raised in Favoriten, the city's 10th district, where he also went to school at Neulandschule Laaerberg. Biography Early life, education and family With him often being described as a "feel-good-author", Glattauer's work is characterized by humor and romantic relationships, catering to the masses and leading some critics to find fault with a lack of depth to his novels. Glattauer's novels and plays are inspired by his personal experiences, dealing with situations and themes constructed from memories of his time as a journalist and his psychosocial counsellor training.
In 2006 he was nominated for the German Book Prize ( Deutscher Buchpreis) for his novel Love Virtually. His literary works were translated into 40 languages, sold over 3 million times and adapted for radio, theater, television and cinema alike, even beyond the German speaking countries.
A former regular columnist for Der Standard, a national daily newspaper, he is best known for his dialogic epistolary novel Love Virtually ( Gut gegen Nordwind) and its sequel Every Seventh Wave ( Alle sieben Wellen). He was born in Vienna, where he still lives and works. Daniel Glattauer at the 'Leipzig Book Fair' in 2009.ĭaniel Glattauer (born ) is an Austrian writer and former journalist.
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