Wolf Wondratschek

[1] The next year, Wolf's first book, Früher begann der Tag mit einer Schußwunde, came out to critical acclaim;[2] the short stories which included his famous piece, Mittagspause.

Upon his return to Germany, Wondratschek settled into residences in Munich and Vienna, publishing not only poetry and prose, but also radio plays and screenplays.

In 2012, Wolf was awarded the Literaturpreis der Wilhelm und Christine Hirschmann-Stiftung, a Bavarian literary prize.

[5] Wondratschek was influenced mainly by writers from Gruppe 47, such as Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan.

His work is characterized by its sparseness and usage of "colloquial language; his sentences are short and clear, grammatically reduced to a minimum.