title: Peter Marginter
text: # Peter Marginter
  
  Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian author, essayist and translator.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna.
  
  ## Works
  
  * 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
  
  ## Honours and awards
  
  * 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
  