Career after the pandemic

Funeral speaker: “I actually have a tender disposition”

Reinhard Mut from Vienna is an author and storyteller. Since the pandemic, he has also been working as a funeral speaker.(Bild: Hans Prammer)

Viennese Reinhard Mut (67) is actually a storyteller and author of children's books. Corona has given him a new mainstay - funeral orations. How do you manage the balancing act?

"Krone": Many people know you as a storyteller and children's book author. How did it come about that you also became a funeral speaker?
Reinhard Mut: There have been many deaths during the pandemic. Funeral speakers were also needed. Acquaintances said that I had a talent for storytelling. I didn't want to do it at first. Because I'm actually a bit of a soft touch and open coffins aren't really my thing. But in the end, I went for it and I don't regret it.