Rudi Krausmann
Rudi Krausmann was an Austrian born Australian playwright and poet.
Life
Rudi Krausmann studied Economics in Vienna and worked as a journalist for the Austrian newspaper, Salzburger Nachrichten. In 1958 he migrated to Australia where he worked as a part-time German tutor, freelance-writer and as a broadcaster on Radio 2EA-FM and 2SER-FM. He founded and from 1975 to 1989 also edited Aspect: Art and Literature magazine, and was presenter of the German Language Program on SBS Radio.
Starting in 1969 he had books published by small presses including Wild & Woolley and Hale & Iremonger. From 1989 to 1994 he was translator and editor for the Austrian-Australian Gangaroo. He collaborated with visual artists including Garry Shead and Andrew Sibley in printing numbered and signed limited edition books. He lived in Sydney.
Krausmann died in Sydney on 15 March 2019.
Books
From Another Shore. Prose by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Brett Whiteley. The Water Lily and Other Poems. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Recent German Poetry. Edited by Rudi Krausmann. Paradox: Man and Beast: Stones. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Lorraine Krausmann. Life is Nothing New. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Flowers of Emptiness. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Literature. Written and Edited by Rudi Krausmann. Photographs Michal Kluvanek, Vivienne Mehes & Effy Alexakis. Air mail from Down Under: Zeitgenössische Literatur aus Australien. Short Stories. Edited by Rudi Krausmann and Michael Wilding. Poems: Rudi Krausmann. Drawings: Gary Shead. Made in Australia: Die Poesie des fünften Kontinents. Australian Poetry Today: Gegenwartsdichtung Australiens. Bilingual. Edited by Rudi Krausmann and Gisela Triesch. The Journey and Other Poems. Poems by Rudi Krausmann. Drawings by Gary Shead. Maps. Poems in German and English by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Andrew Sibley. News. Poems in German and English by Rudi Krausmann. Illustrations by Gary Shead.
Plays
Everyman: a sentence situation. The Leader. Three Plays. Whisky on Snow.