Occupation Writer, painter Name Thomas Sautner Notable works Fuchserde | Period Contemporary Nationality Austrian Role Writer | |
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Měsíc autorského čtení/Monat der Autorelesungen/Authors´Reading Month 2009 : Thomas Sautner (Brno)
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Thomas Sautner (born 1970 in Gmünd, Lower Austria) is an Austrian painter and writer.
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Biography
Thomas Sautner studied political science, communication and contemporary history. Then he worked as journalist. Sautner is a painter and a novelist. In his novels he writes about the life and the culture of the Yeniche people. He lives and works in the northern Waldviertel of Austria and in Vienna.
Sautner's first two novels from 2006 and 2007 dive into the world of the Yeniche people. Reviewer Eva Riebler of the Austrian literary magazine Etcetera pinpoints to the author's intention to "save the wisdom of the Yeniche people", and she compares the first book even to The Little Prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In Austria, Sautner's books are regarded as bestsellers.