Alois Hotschnig | |
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![]() Alois Hotschnig at Schüpfheim Gymnasium in 2008 | |
Born | Berg im Drautal, Carinthia, Austria | 3 October 1959
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Austrian |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | Leonardo's Hands |
Alois Hotschnig (born 3 October 1959) is an Austrian writer, whose stories have been described as having "the weird, creepy, and ambiguous quality of disturbing dreams".[1] He first studied medicine, then German and English in Innsbruck.[2][3] He was winner of the Erich Fried Prize in 2008, the Anton Wildgans Prize in 2009, and shortlisted for the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in 2010.[4][3] He lives as a freelance author in Innsbruck.[4]