Peter Marginter
# 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
