Peter Marginter

Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian writer, including essayist and translator.

Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna.

• Der Baron und die Fische, 1966
• Der tote Onkel, 1967, 1981 filmed by Georg Lhotsky
• Leichenschmaus, 1969
• Der Sammlersammler, 1971
• Königrufen, 1973
• Pim, 1973
• Wolkenreiter und Sohn, 1977
• Zu den schönen Aussichten, 1978
• Die drei Botschafter, 1980
• Wolkenreiter & Sohn, 1982, Drehbuch, filmed by Sepp Strubel
• Das Rettungslos, 1983, filmed by Georg Madeja and Peter Bongartz, Christine Ostermayer, Wilfried Baasner
• Die göttliche Rosl
• Der Kopfstand des Antipoden, 1985
• Besuch, 1987
• Die Maschine, 2000
• Das Röhren der Hirsche, 2001
• Des Kaisers neue Maus, 2001

• 1967: Literature Promotion Prize of Theodor Körner Foundation Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art
• 1968: Prize of the city of Vienna for literature
• 1968: Funding contribution of the Vienna Art Fund of the Central Savings Bank in Vienna for literature
• 1970: Anton Wildgans Prize
• 1973: Merit Award of Lower Austria for literature
• 1985: Price of the Inklings Society of Literature and Aesthetics
• 1986: Translators premium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Arts
• 1996: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class