Patrick Addai was Born in Accra, Ghana. He Studied economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria in 1989 where he became the President of the Ghana Union in Upper Austria in 1993.

He started acting in 1994 in a Children`s Theatre in Linz called “Kuddelmuddel”. He is the founder and Chairman of “Publication for African Literature and Cultural Movement” in Austria.

Mr. Addai’s published books are:

1. “Old Grandma takes over the Television” (1999)
2. “I love Human beings, says the Dog” (2001)
3. “The old man and the moving Smoke” (2003)
4. “The Hunter and the Hare” (the stomach of a Hare full of Gold, 2005)
5. “The Snore of the Beast” (Sasabonsam), (2006)
6. “Kofi – The African Child” (2007)
7. “Words are beautiful, but hens lay eggs” (2008)
8. “The monkey thieves from Timbuktu” (2009)
9. “Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!” (2009)
10. “Should I marry an Elephant, asked the Frog” (2010) latest edition

Amongst other awards and prizes he has already received are:

• Intercultural Prize in Austria; (1999)
• Innovation Prize Award in Austria; (2001)
• Postgraduate promotion Award in Cultural Management at the University of Vienna (2005)
• Innovation Prize “Afrikanische Literatur für Weltoffenheit” (2005)
• Adler Entrepreneurship Awards 2006