Mag. Dr. Günther Stocker is a university professor for German Literature at the University of Vienna; studied German Literature and Communication Studies at the Universities of Salzburg and Zurich, 1996 Ph.D. from the University of Salzburg; Habilitation at the University of Vienna (2007); lecturer at the Universities of Rome III, Cassino, and Salzburg; APART-Scholarship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences; main research areas: postwar- and Cold War literature, Austrian literature, reading research.