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Markus Gasser | |
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 Gasser at a book signing in 2015 | |
| Born | 1967 Bregenz, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Literary scholar and author |
| Website | http://m-gasser.ch/home |
Markus Gasser (born 1967) [1] is an Austrian literary scholar and author.
Markus Gasser was born in Bregenz in 1967. After the gymnasium, he went to the University of Innsbruck for German, English and American studies. He attained a habilitation in 2007 with the thesis "The collapse of the platonic cave" (German : Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle).
Markus Gasser lives in Zürich.[ citation needed ]
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