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Werner Kofler (23 July 1947 – 8 December 2011) was an Austrian novelist was born in Villach, Austria, and died in Vienna.

Werner Kofler
Born	(1947-07-23)23 July 1947 Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Died	8 December 2011(2011-12-08) (aged 64) Vienna, Austria
Occupation	Novelist. Playwright
Nationality	Austrian
Literary movement	postmodernism

Life

Werner Kofler was the son of a merchant. He broke off his teacher training at the teacher training college in Klagenfurt after four years and went travelling. Afterwards he practised various activities. From 1963 on he was engaged in literary activities; since 1968 he lived as a writer in his chosen home-town Vienna.[1]

Works (in translation)

• At the Writing Desk, translated by Lauren Wolfe (2016)

See also

• List of Austrian writers
• List of Austrians

References

External links

• Dalkey Archive Press catalog entry for At the Writing Desk

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