title: Thomas Stangl (writer)
text: # Thomas Stangl (writer)
  
  Thomas Stangl (born 4 January 1966 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer.
  
  ## Life
  
  Thomas Stangl studied philosophy and Spanish at the University of Vienna and graduated in 1991 with a thesis on deconstructive literary theory. After graduation, he initially wrote essays, book reviews, and even smaller prose work for newspapers and literary journals.
  
  Thomas Stangl lives in Vienna.
  
  ## Honours
  
  For his debut novel Der einzige Ort (The only place) the author received the Aspekte-Literaturpreis in 2004, the same year a Hermann-Lenz Scholarship, and the 2005 Literature Prize of the Austrian Federal Chancellery. In June 2007, he received the Telekom Austria Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition; in October 2007, the Literature Prize of the Cultural Committee of German Economy, 2009, a grant from the Heinrich-Heine-house of the city of Lüneburg, 2010 Literature Prize Alpha and the 2011 Erich Fried Prize. In 2020, he received the Johann-Friedrich-von-Cotta-Literatur- und Übersetzerpreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Der einzige Ort. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2004, ISBN 978-3-85420-649-1.
  * Ihre Musik. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2006, ISBN 978-3-85420-709-2.
  * Was kommt. Novel, Droschl, Graz 2009, ISBN 978-3-85420-752-8.
  * Reisen und Gespenster. Essays, Droschl, Graz 2012, ISBN 978-3-85420-791-7.
  * Regeln des Tanzes, Novel, Droschl, Graz 2013, ISBN 978-3-85420-649-1
  