Peter Marginter (26 October 1934 in Vienna – 10 February 2008 there) was an Austrian author, essayist and translator. Biography Peter Marginter studied law and political science in Innsbruck and Vienna. Works 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 Notes External links "Peter Marginter ist tot", Der Standard, 11 February 2008 1934 births 2008 deaths Writers from Vienna Anton Wildgans Prize winners Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Austrian science fiction writers