Ernst Hinterberger (b. October 17, 1931 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer.
Hinterberger was a skilled electrician. From 1950 to 1952, he visited police school, due to a weak sight he worked however as a librarian during the Viennese national education. After closing of these libraries he worked up to his retirement in 1991 as a forwarding clerk in a factory.
His "Mundl" Edmund Sackbauer, (anti-)Held the TV serial Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter, became in the entire German linguistic area the epitome of the Viennese inhabitants of building of municipalities.
Works
- Books (selection)
- 1965 Beweisaufnahme = Hearing of Evidence, novel
- 1966 Salz der Erde = The Salt of the Earth, novel
- 1975 Wer fragt nach uns = Who in 1977, historical novel
- 1977 Das Abbruchhaus =, novel
- 1984 Jogging , detective story
- 1988 Superzwölfer , detective story
- 1989 Kleine Leute = Small People, novel
- 1991 Das fehlende W = The missing W, detective story
- 1992 Und über uns die Heldenahnen ... = And Over for us the Heroic Ancestors..., detective story
- 1993 Alleingang , detective story
- 1993 Kleine Blumen = Small Flowers, detective story
- 1997 Zahltag = Pay Day, detective story
- 1998 Die dunkle Seite , detective story
- 2002 Ein Abschied. Lebenserinnerungen
- Plays
- Im Käfig = In The Cage
- Immer ist ja nicht Sonntag = Is Always Not Sunday
- Die Puppe = The Doll
- Offene Gesellschaft = Open Society
- Swimmingpool
- Media
- Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter = A Genuine Viennese Does Not *Kaisermühlen-Blues (Austrian TV-Series)
Awards
- Golden Romy, "Kurier" TV Star, 1993
- Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst
