Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian author, essayist and translator.
Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna.
Der Baron und die Fische, 1966
Der tote Onkel, 1967, 1981 filmed by Georg Lhotsky
Leichenschmaus, 1969
Der Sammlersammler, 1971
Königrufen, 1973
Pim, 1973
Wolkenreiter und Sohn, 1977
Zu den schönen Aussichten, 1978
Die drei Botschafter, 1980
Wolkenreiter & Sohn, 1982, Drehbuch, filmed by Sepp Strubel
Das Rettungslos, 1983, filmed by Georg Madeja and Peter Bongartz, Christine Ostermayer, Wilfried Baasner
Die göttliche Rosl
Der Kopfstand des Antipoden, 1985
Besuch, 1987
Die Maschine, 2000
Das Röhren der Hirsche, 2001
Des Kaisers neue Maus, 2001
Honours and awards
1967: Literature Promotion Prize of Theodor Körner Foundation Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art
1968: Prize of the city of Vienna for literature
1968: Funding contribution of the Vienna Art Fund of the Central Savings Bank in Vienna for literature
1970: Anton Wildgans Prize
1973: Merit Award of Lower Austria for literature
1985: Price of the Inklings Society of Literature and Aesthetics
1986: Translators premium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Arts
1996: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
