his family is dissolving. At the end of the book he leaves his wife, fails in his attempt to revive his self-confidence in a bordello, and is last seen uncertain whether in his outburst of emotion he has killed the prostitute or whether she is only injured. In 2008 Echte Wiener – Die Sackbauer-Saga, a film based on the series, also written by Hinterberger, appeared. Books (selection) 1965 Beweisaufnahme ("Taking Evidence"), novel 1966 Salz der Erde ("Salt of the Earth"), novel 1975 Wer fragt nach uns: Geschichten von kleinen Leuten, armen Hunden und Aussenseitern ("Who Asks for Us: Stories of Little People, Poor Dogs and Outsiders"), historical novel 1977 Das Abbruchhaus ("The Demolition House"), novel 1984 Jogging, detective novel 1988 Superzwölfer ("Super Twelver"), detective novel 1989 Kleine Leute ("Little People"), novel 1991 Das fehlende W ("The Missing W"), detective novel 1992 Und über uns die Heldenahnen ... ("And Above Us the Heroic Ancestors . . ."), detective novel 1993 Alleingang ("Walking Alone"), detective novel 1993 Kleine Blumen ("Little Flowers"), detective novel 1993 Von furzenden Pferden, Ausland und Inländern ("Of Farting Horses, Foreign Countries and Natives"), novel 1997 Zahltag ("Pay Day"), detective novel 1998 Die dunkle Seite ("The Dark Side"), detective novel 2002 Ein Abschied. Lebenserinnerungen ("A Farewell: Life Memories") Plays Im Käfig ("In The Cage") Immer ist ja nicht Sonntag ("After All It's not Always Sunday") Die Puppe ("The Doll") Offene Gesellschaft ("Open Society") Swimmingpool Television 1975–79 Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter ("A Genuine Viennese Does not Go Under"), 24-episode sitcom 1992–99 Kaisermühlen-Blues, 64-episode sitcom – resulted in the spin-off of: 2000–05 Trautmann (Trautman is a detective figure in Kaisermühlen-Blues) Awards City of Vienna Achievement Award, 1971 Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry, for Wer fragt nach uns, 1974 Golden Romy, Kurier TV Star, 1993 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1994 Gold Award for Service of the City of Vienna, 1996 Ehrenkieberer ("Honorary Cop"), award from the Vereinigung der Bundeskriminalbeamten Österreichs, shared with Wolfgang Böck, 2001 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class, 2003 Goldener Rathausmann ("Gold Town Hall Man") of the City of Vienna, 2007 Buchliebling Lifetime Award, 2009 Axel Corti Prize for lifetime achievement, 2010 Sources "Die Menschen anschauen", Datum May 2008 References External links Works by Ernst Hinterberger at OCLC Worldcat Works by Ernst Hinterberger at German National Library Austrian male writers Austrian screenwriters 1931 births 2012 deaths Anton Wildgans