Robert Seethaler (born August 7, 1966 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian novelist, and actor.

Awards and honours 2005: Tankred-Dorst-Drehbuchpreis of the for Heartbreakin’ 2007: for Die Biene und der Kurt 2008: Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium / Academy of Arts, Berlin 2008: 2008: My Mother, My Bride and I (German: Die zweite Frau) at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009: Spreewald Literature Grant 2009: Grimme-Preis for Die zweite Frau (Best Film) 2009: Nominated for the European Media Prize for Integration 2011: State grant by the Austrian federal government 2011: Grant of the Heinrich Heine House of the city of Lüneburg 2015: Grimmelshausen Prize for Ein ganzes Leben 2016: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for A Whole Life 2016: (book prize of the Austrian Economic Chamber) 2017: Anton Wildgans Prize 2017: Shortlisted for Dublin Literary Award for A Whole Life 2018: Rheingau Literatur Preis for Das Feld

Novels translated into English – shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2017 Dublin Literary Award

See also List of Austrian writers

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