What is Heinz Gerstinger?
[[Image:1998.09.25.ErikaSantnerHeinzGerstinger.02.jpg|thumb|Heinz Gerstinger and his wife Erika Santner]] '''Heinz Gerstinger''' (born October 13, 1919 in [[Vienna]]; died April 28, 2016 in Vienna<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bestattungsunternehmen.co.at/index.php/sample-sites/april-2016 |title=Obituary |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113160725/http://www.bestattungsunternehmen.co.at/index.php/sample-sites/april-2016 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is an [[Austria]]n [[writer]], [[playwright]] and [[historian]]. == Life == Heinz Gerstinger studied [[history]] and [[drama]]tics at the [[University of Vienna]]. He has worked for the universities of Graz and Vienna, as well as for theaters in [[Graz]], [[Augsburg]] and Vienna. As he published in literary magazines and newspapers, he worked for the Austrian radio and television. Heinz Gerstinger was a member of the Austrian [[International PEN|P.E.N.]] and the writers' association [[Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband]]. == Works == === Movie === * As an actor: Bernhard Wicki (director): ''Das falsche Gewicht'' following the book by [[Joseph Roth]]<ref>[http://www.cineman.de/movie/1971/DasFalscheGewicht/review.html Cineman] Bernhard Wicki: Das falsche Gewicht, FRG 1971</ref> === Literature === * ''[[Calderón de la Barca|Calderón]]'', Velber Hannover, Friedrich 1967 * ''Spanische Komödie - [[Lope de Vega]] und seine Zeitgenossen'', Friedrich Velber Verlag, Hannover 1968 * ''Theater und Religion heute'', 1972 * ''Der Dramatiker [[Anton Wildgans]]'', 1981 * ''Österreich, holdes Märchen und böser Traum - [[August Strindberg]]s Ehe mit Frida Uhl'', Herold, Vienna 1981 * ''Der Dramatiker Hans Krendlesberger'', Wagner, Innsbruck 1981 * ''Wien von gestern - ein literarischer Streifzug durch die Kaiserstadt'', Edition Wien, Vienna 1991, {{ISBN|3-85058-073-3}} * ''Frau Venus reitet... - Die phantastische Geschichte des Ulrich von Lichtenstein'', 1995 * ''Ausflugsziel Burgen - 30 Burgen rund um Wien'