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Friedrich Achleitner

Austrian poet and architectural critic (1930-2019) · Austria · Architects · Died at 88

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Friedrich Achleitner was an Austrian poet and architecture critic. As a member of the Wiener Gruppe, he wrote concrete poems and experimental literature. His magnum opus is a multi-volume documentation of 20th-century Austrian architecture.

A life in dates

2019Died27 March 20192008Heinrich Gleißner awardAward2007City of Vienna Literature PrizeAward2004Mauriz Balzarek PrizeAward2002Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of ViennaAward1995Culture Award of Upper AustriaAwardMedal of Honor for the City of ViennaAward1990Preis der Stadt Wien für PublizistikAward1984State Prize for Cultural JournalismAward1983Camillo Sitte PrizeAward1957Theodor Körner PrizeAward1930Born23 May 1930

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Awards

Heinrich Gleißner award2008
City of Vienna Literature Prize2007
Mauriz Balzarek Prize2004
Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna2002
Culture Award of Upper Austria1995
Medal of Honor for the City of Vienna1995
Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik1990
State Prize for Cultural Journalism1984
Camillo Sitte Prize1983
Theodor Körner Prize1957

About this person

Friedrich Achleitner was an Austrian poet and architecture critic. As a member of the Wiener Gruppe, he wrote concrete poems and experimental literature. His magnum opus is a multi-volume documentation of 20th-century Austrian architecture. Written over several decades, Achleitner made a personal visit to each building described. He was a professor of the history and theory of architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Country
Austria
Category
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2019 · aged 88

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