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Rudi Krausmann

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Gangan Verlag book launch at the Goethe-Institut Sydney (1991)

Rudi Krausmann (23 July 1933 in Mauerkirchen, Salzburg – 15 March 2019 in Sydney) was an Austrian born Australian playwright and poet.

Life

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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

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Books

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ AustLit Agent: Krausmann, Rudi in: The Australian Literature Resource.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Interview with Rudi Krausmann at Gleebooks, Glebe, NSW.
  4. ^ "Vale Austrian-Australian Poet Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019) | Australian Poetry". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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