DASSANOWSKY, Robert

DASSANOWSKY, Robert. (Robert von Dassanowsky). American/Austrian, b. 1960. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Documentaries/Reportage, Translations. Career: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, assistant professor of German, 1993-99, head of German studies and director of film studies, 1993-, associate professor of German and film, 1999-, chair, Dept of Languages and Cultures, 2001-. Professional actor, 1976-83; writer/researcher for Stone-Stanley Television Productions and Disney Channel, Los Angeles, CA, 1990-92; consultant/translator, J. Paul Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 1991-93; University of California-Los Angeles, visiting assistant professor of German, 1992-93; Colorado P.E.N., founding president, 1994-99; Belvedere Film, co-head, 1999-; producer or executive producer, films: Semmelweis, 2001; The Nightmare Stumbles Past, 2002; Believe, 2020; Wilson Chance, 2002. Publications: Phantom Empires: The Novels of Alexander Lernet-Holenia and the Question of Postimperial Austrian Identity, 1996; (trans.) H. Raimund, Verses of a Marriage, 1996; Telegrams from the Metropole: Selected Poetry 1999; (trans.) A. Lernet-Holenia, Mars in Aries, 2003. PLAYS: The Birthday of Margot Beck, 1980; Briefly Noted, 1981; Vespers, 1982; Tristan in Winter, 1986; Songs of a Wayfarer, 1986; Coda, 1991. Author of television scripts. Contributor to books. Contributor of poetry, reviews, and critical articles on literature, film and sociopolitics to periodicals, anthologies, and collections. Address: Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Colorado, PO Box 7150, Colorado Springs, CO 80933, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]