Erwin Riess

Erwin Riess (born March 13, 1957), is an Austrian political scientist, playwright and journalist; He has been a wheelchair user since 1983, he is an activist for the disabled and has been a freelance writer since 1994 writing plays, radio plays, scripts and prose.[1]

Erwin Riess
Erwin Riess at the Vienna Book Fair in 2017
Born (1957-03-13) March 13, 1957
NationalityGerman
Website
erwin-riess.at

Life

Erwin Riess attended school in Krems, Austria and later returned to Vienna to study political and theatre science. In 1983 he was relegated to a wheelchair after the discovery of a back tumor. He has since been active in disability campaigns and humanitarian efforts to improve living conditions for disabled persons living in Austria.[2]

He is a freelance writer providing material for many magazines and newspapers and writing theatrical works, many of which have been performed internationally. Based on the life of Stephen Hawking, "Hawking's Dream" is arguably his most famous and well-received work.[2]

Works
  • Kuruzzen: a chronicle from the time of Prince Eugene (1996)
  • Adieu Madrid (1997)
  • Hawking's Dream (1998)
  • Mr. Groll experiences the world (1999)
  • Giordanos Order (novel, 1999)
  • My Austria (2001)

References
  1. Herbert, I. (2000). "HAWKING'S DREAM or THE GRAND UNIFIED QUANTUM THEORY OF HUMAN GRAVITY". Theatre Record. 20 (9–18): 632. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  2. "The writer Erwin Riess on the strange conditions in Carinthia (interview)". Zeit Online (in German).


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