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Arno Geiger is an Austrian novelist who grew up in the village of Wolfurt near Bregenz. He studied German studies, ancient history and comparative literature at the universities of Innsbruck and Vienna. He has worked as a freelance writer since 1993. In 1996 and in 2004, he took part in the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis competition at Klagenfurt. In October 2005, he was the recipient of the first German Book Prize literature prize for his novel (we are good). translation of autobiographical The Old King in His Exile to English was First published in 2011 by arno geiger. The memoir has won literary prizes including the 2011 Friedrich Hölderlin Prize, as well as prizes from medical societies in various countries, including the 2011 German Hospice and Palliative Care Association (DHPV) Award.