My Life So Far

I was born in Salzburg on 12th of November 1969, which makes me a Scorpio. After graduating I did my military service with Austrian Elite Troops as a paratrooper. At age 21 I began to study ancient Greek, Latin and Archeology, which i finished in 1993. I then worked in Ephesos for two years. But after a while i got bored by brushing and digging ancient stuff, so i decided to look for new challenges.
In 1995 i went to La Paz in Bolivia, learned Spanish and Quetchua, and went on to Santa Cruz to work as footballcoach in Tahuichi-School. This was an inspiring and great time in my life! In 1997 i moved to Buenos Aires, where i worked as Elvis-Impersonator in local bars and for special festivities. With the money i earned, i could open a little publishing house and got in touch with Adolfo Bioy Casares („La invención de Morel“). Till his end in 1999 i was a close friend and we met twice a week, where i would read to him out of the newspapers and we could then discuss things.
After his death i left Argentina and went to England. For a while i just hung around, went to Arsenal matches and pubs, and felt aimless. Until i met this wonderful woman, who gave my life a new direction and motivation. As she worked for Pinewood Studios, she gave me a job there and i featured as Stuntman in the Bond movie „Die Another Day“. Obviously the producers liked my work and so i moved to Los Angeles to do my thing in Hollywood. There i met Gilbert Hernandez and helped him release his „The Naked Cosmos“.
In 2006 i went back to Austria. I now live in Vienna and am busy writing the Big European Novel of the 21st century.

I love:
Arsenal, Sopranos, Maggie and Hopey

I hate:
Dogshit, Chelsea (the football club)

my hobbies:
taking a nap on the couch

my films:
Leone, Peckinpah, Fassbinder, Kubrick, Kurosawa

my books:
Hernandez, Borges, Cortazar, Pynchon, Kafka, Bolaño, Schulz