Stefan Schmitzer
/Austria, 1979
Stefan Schmitzer was born in Graz, Austria, in 1997. He studied German in Vienna and Graz. His work has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers. He is the Program Director of the Stadtpark Forum in Graz and plays in a band called FUN+STAHLBAD. In 2007, his first poetry collection moonlight on clichy was published by Droschl, followed by a tale vier schüsse (four shots, published by Leykam). His novel wohin die verschwunden ist, um die es ohnehin nicht geht (where has she gone, this isn’t about her) was published in 2009, followed by another poetry collection scheiß sozialer frieden (kill social freedom) and a book of poetical discussions with Helwig Brunner gemacht | gedicht | gefunden. über lyrik streiten. In 2007, he received the Literary Prize of the City of Graz and in 2008 the literary prize of the literary magazine manuskripte. He lives in Graz.