Peter Henisch

Peter Henisch
Born in Vienna in 1943. Post-war childhood, reconstruction puberty. Studied German, philosophy, history and psychology. Co-founder of the magazine "Wespennest". Freelance writer since the 1970s. Henisch's first novel "Die kleine Figur meines Vaters" was published in 1975. Numerous awards, including the Anton Wildgans Prize, the City of Vienna Literature Prize and the Austrian Art Prize for Literature.

Nichts als Himmel
Peter Henisch returns to his place of longing, San Vito, to the hidden flat under the roofs of the small Italian town. It becomes a refuge for Paul Spielmann, who flees Vienna to escape the pandemic and a life crisis. Until suddenly a man comes over the rooftops, one of the refugees from Africa. Paul takes him in and helps him. In his new novel, Peter Henisch combines a southern idyll with political topicality and tells the story of an unusual friendship.

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