Rudi Krausmann (23 July 1933 in Mauerkirchen, Salzburg – 15 March 2019 in Sydney) was an Austrian born Australian playwright and poet.
Life
[edit]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]
Starting in 1969 he had books published by small presses including 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). He collaborated with visual artists including Garry Shead and Andrew Sibley in printing numbered and signed limited edition books. He lived in Sydney.[3]
Krausmann died in Sydney on 15 March 2019.[4]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- From Another Shore. Prose by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Brett Whiteley. (Wild & Woolley, 1975)
- The Water Lily and Other Poems. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. (Makar Press, 1977)
- Recent German Poetry. Edited by Rudi Krausmann. (Aspect Publications, 1977)
- Paradox: Man and Beast: Stones. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Lorraine Krausmann. (Aspect Publications, 1981)
- Life is Nothing New. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. (1982)
- Flowers of Emptiness. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. (Hale & Iremonger, 1982)
- Literature. Written and Edited by Rudi Krausmann. Photographs Michal Kluvanek, Vivienne Mehes & Effy Alexakis. (1987)
- Air mail from Down Under: Zeitgenössische Literatur aus Australien. Short Stories. Edited by Rudi Krausmann and Michael Wilding. (Gangan Verlag, 1990)
- Poems: Rudi Krausmann. Drawings: Gary Shead. (Gangan Verlag / Wild & Woolley, 1991)
- Made in Australia: Die Poesie des fünften Kontinents. Australian Poetry Today: Gegenwartsdichtung Australiens. Bilingual. Edited by Rudi Krausmann and Gisela Triesch. (Gangan Verlag, 1994)
- The Journey and Other Poems. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Gary Shead. (Gangan Verlag, 1999)
- Maps. Poems in German and English by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Andrew Sibley. (2002)
- News. Poems in German and English by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Gary Shead. (2006)
Plays
[edit]- Everyman: a sentence situation. (1978)
- The Leader. (Broadcast on ABC Radio National, 1980)
- Three Plays. (Hale & Iremonger, 1989)
- Whisky on Snow. (Broadcast on ABC Radio National, 1999)
References
[edit]- ^ AustLit Agent: Krausmann, Rudi in: The Australian Literature Resource.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Interview with Rudi Krausmann at Gleebooks, Glebe, NSW.
- ^ "Vale Austrian-Australian Poet Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019) | Australian Poetry". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Krausmann, Rudi - Poet - Australian Poetry Library
- Rudi Krausmann: Travel Diary Gangan Raw Cut, 1996.
- Rudi Krausmann: Thomas Bernhard in: Gangan Lit-Mag #1, 1996.
- Rudi Krausmann: Fragments in: Gangan Lit-Mag #11, 1999.
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