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Clemens G. Arvay is a non-fiction author of books with an emphasis on health ecology.

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Georg Bydlinski is an Austrian writer.

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Gerald Ganglbauer is an Austrian–Australian writer and publisher diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 48 years. Since then he has been an ambassador for Parkinson's support groups.

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Thomas Glavinic is an Austrian writer. With Kathrin Röggla and Daniel Kehlmann, he is among other contemporary Austrian authors being perceived as significantly shaping the literary discussion in Austria.

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Baron Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall was an Austrian orientalist and historian.

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Christian Wolfgang Herdtrich was an Austrian Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire. As he wrote his works in Latin, he is also known as Christianus Herdtrich.

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Ernst Hilmar was an Austrian librarian, editor, and musicologist.

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Reinhard Kager is an Austrian philosopher, journalist and music promoter who also worked as a music producer.

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Karl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner was an Austrian author and publicist from Graz, Styria, Austria.

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Mike Markart is an Austrian author and playwright who was awarded the Würth Literaturpreis in 2001 for his radio drama Magritte.

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Lili Novy née Haumeder was a Slovene poet and translator of poetry. She is considered the first Slovene female lyric poet as well as one of the most important Slovene female poets in general.

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Katharina Prato, full name Katharina Pratobevera, née Polt (1818–1897) was an Austrian cookbook writer. In 1858, she published Die süddeutsche Küche which became enormously popular for decades, reaching an 80th edition in 1957.

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Anton von Prokesch-Osten, German: Anton Graf Prokesch von Osten was an Austrian diplomat, statesman and general.

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Helmut Reinisch is an Austrian gallery owner and collector of contemporary art as well as an author and expert in the field of old and antique carpets and textiles. He is founder of Reinisch Contemporary, an art gallery in Graz.

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Werner Schneyder was an Austrian kabarett performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter. He performed political kabarett with Dieter Hildebrandt from 1974 to 1982, with an extra program presented in Leipzig, then in the GDR, in 1985. He moderated das aktuelle sportstudio on ZDF from 1975, and a series about boxing for RTL from 1992 to 1999. He described himself as a Universaldilettant.

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Clemens J. Setz, is an Austrian writer and translator.

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Klaus Thomas Steindl is an author, scriptwriter & director, film producer and owner of the company KREATIVkraft e.U. His primary focus is on nature and investigative documentaries that deal with internationally relevant issues, particularly in the field of Outstanding Biographies. Most of his award-winning documentaries have been produced for the international prime-time market.