Austrian journalist and publicist. Armin Thurnher is Co-Founder, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the Viennese city paper Falter for which he writes his weekly commentary titled “Seinesgleichen geschieht” since 1983. Since 1970 he works as an independent author, actor and stage musician at theatres. 1972 Thurnher wrote together with Heinz Rudolf the theater play “Stoned Vienna”. During the 1980s he was correspondent for the cultural magazine Westermanns Monatshefte in Vienna, and during the 1990s he worked for the weekly newspapers Die Zeit and Die Woche. Armin Thurnher is known for his critical essays related to culture and politics.