Christian Stelzel, known professionally as Magic Christian, is an
Austrian professional
magician and author.[1] Christian was born on July 17, 1945, and presently lives in
Vienna.
He studied industrial design at the
University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Christian has received many awards, starting with winning first prize at a competition in
Weymouth, 1967, and several awards from all over the continent followed. In 1973 he won the first prize in the category of Manipulation at
FISM, the world championships in magic. An accomplishment he repeated at
FISM 1976 and
FISM 1979 (the later time, also winning the category of Invention).
In 1989, Christian became president of the
Magic Club of Vienna, and in 2005 the Academy of Magical Art at
The Magic Castle, Hollywood, awarded him the "Performing Fellowship" for his performances.
Magic Christian has developed books of magic and magic sets for
Piatnik, Austria's renowned playing card, board game and puzzle manufacturer.
In later years, Magic Christian has received acclaim for his thorough historic research on the legendary
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser.