Robert Prosser lives and works in Alpbach / Tyrol and in Vienna. He studied Comparative Literature and Anthropology, travelled widly from Asia to Africa. A Performer as well as a Writer, previously active in Rap and Graffiti, now also a Moderator and Curator (p.e. for Babelsprech – Plattform for contemporary poetry). Important for his artistic work are research and stage-adaptations in form of recitation or performance. Publications include the novel GEMMA HABIBI (Ullstein fünf, 2019) and the reportage SUMMER IN BEIRUT (Klever, 2020). Recipient of various Awards and Scholarships, e.g. Writer-in-Residence One World Foundation in Sri Lanka 2020, Residency Literarisches Colloquium Berlin 2014, Reinhard-Priessnitz-Award 2014. His novel PHANTOMS (Ullstein fünf, 2017) was nominated for the German Bookprize.
Beirut im Sommer / Summer in Beirut. Journal
Essay. Klever, 2020
Gemma Habibi
Novel. Ullstein, 2019
Phantome / Phantoms
Novel. Ullstein, 2017
Geister und Tattoos / Ghosts and Tattoos
Novel. Klever, 2013
Feuerwerk
Prose. Klever, 2011
Strom
Prose. Klever, 2009
Konter / Counter
Premiere: European Forum Alpbach, 2019
Maximilian (Libretto)
Tiroler Festspiele Erl, 2019
Phantome / Phantoms
Premiere: BRUX Innsbruck, 2017
Dein Herz sei Stein / Your Heart be Stone
w/ Fabian Faltin. Premiere: BRUX Innsbruck, 2017
Die riesige Sonne, ein entfesseltes Pferd / The great Sun, an unleashed Horse
Premiere: European Forum Alpbach, 2016
Malus
w/ Fabian Faltin. Premiere: hoerGEREDE / Elevate Festival Graz, 2013
Love Jihad
Premiere: Freies Theater Innsbruck, 2013
Wo war‘n wir? Ach ja: Junge Österreichische Lyrik
With Christoph Szalay
Limbus, Innsbruck 2019
Lyrik von Jetzt 3: Babelsprech
With Max Czollek und Michael Fehr
Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2015
Babelsprech - Young germanspeaking Poetry, 2013 - 2018
Kombo Kosmopolit - Reading Series in cooperation with Kultur Kontakt Austria and Literaturhaus Wien, 2016 - 2019
Literaturfest Salzburg - Creative Director, 2020
Photos © Gerald von Foris
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