Alois Hotschnig (born 3 October 1959) is an Austrian writer, whose stories have been described as having "the weird, creepy, and ambiguous quality of disturbing dreams".

[1] He first studied medicine, then German and English in Innsbruck.

[2][3] He was winner of the Erich Fried Prize in 2008, the Anton Wildgans Prize in 2009, and shortlisted for the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature in 2010.

[4][3] He lives as a freelance author in Innsbruck.

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