Alexander Widner

Alexander Widner was born in Vienna in 1940. He studied a diversity of subjects until 1964 which made him a thoroughly educated semi-literate. Afterwards, he practised many professions and found the sense in not a single one. Being of a nervous disposition, his nerviness made him run away abroad repeatedly for longer stretches of time, but he always returned in the knowledge that people have made themselves too comfortable in most places. He leads the unspectacular life of an arts administrator in Klagenfurt – after 28 professions and 52 apartments. He has learned by now to take his time, be it for a mountain walk, a swimm or, at times, for writing. (Alexander Widner)