born
1953 in Villach, is Univ.
Prof. i. R. at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Vienna.
From 1997 – 2003 he was academic director of the “Philosophicum Lech”, since 2024 he has been co-director of this renowned event.
He publishes regularly as an essayist and columnist in national and international media.
Konrad Paul Liessmann has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism and recently the Cross of Honor for Science and Art I Class of the Republic of Austria.
His most recent publications include Bildung als Provokation (2017); Der werfe den ersten Stein.
Mythologisch-philosophische Verdammungen (2019, co-authored with Michael Köhlmeier); Alles Lust will Ewigkeit.
Midnight temptations (2021); Loud lies and other truths (2023); Thoughts on responsibility (2023)