What is Gerhard Roth?
[[File:Gerhard Roth.jpg|right|200px]] '''Gerhard Roth''' (24 June 1942 &ndash; 8 February 2022) was an [[Austria]]n writer. He was born in [[Graz]], [[Austria]]. From 1973 to 1978, he was member of the [[Grazer Autorenversammlung]] before he moved to [[Hamburg]] in 1979. He won many literature prizes, among which are the literature prize of Styria (1976), the [[Alfred Döblin Prize]] (1983), and the [[Bruno Kreisky|Bruno-Kreisky]]-Prize (2002). In 1995, he was awarded the [[Golden Romy]] for his screenplay of ''Schnellschuss''. Roth died on 8 February 2022 in Graz from an illness at the age of 79.<ref>[https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3142316/ Gerhard Roth ist tot] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roth, Gerhard}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from Graz]] {{bio-stub}}