Oswald Wiener
Oswald Wiener | |
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| Born | 5 October 1935 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 18 November 2021 (aged 86) Styria, Austria |
| Occupations | Writer, cyberneticist, language theorist, musician, restaurateur |
| Notable work | die verbesserung von mitteleuropa, roman |
Oswald Wiener (5 October 1935 – 18 November 2021) was an Austrian-Canadian writer, cyberneticist, language theorist, musician and restaurateur. He was one of the central figures of the avant‑garde Wiener Gruppe, known for his radical experiments with language, his interest in cybernetics, and his influential reflections on consciousness and artificial intelligence.