Claudia Skopal

Claudia Skopal (2018)

Claudia Skopal (born February 3, 1978 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer and actress .

family

Claudia Skopal is the cousin of Christian Weinhapl, the longstanding managing director of Wienerberger Austria.

She is married and has two kids.

Life

Claudia Skopal shakes hands with Rolf Rüdiger during a reading at Buch Wien 2015

Claudia Skopal was born in 1978 as Claudia Natascha Weinhapl in Vienna. Her mother and grandmother painted and exhibited their works on a small scale. Claudia Skopal took an early interest in the theater and writing texts. In her childhood she wrote short stories, ballads and small plays which she performed with family and friends. During her school days she played in the English school theater group, including in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream .

After graduating from high school , she attended drama school from which she graduated with distinction. At the Pygmalion Theater Vienna she played, among others, Lena from Leonce and Lena and Turandot from the play of the same name by Friedrich Schiller . At the same time, she studied theater, film and media studies and English at the University of Vienna . On a scholarship , she flew to Australia, where she lived at the Women's College of Sydney University . In her dissertation she dealt with the topics of identity and role models, especially in Australian society and film. She completed her studies with a doctorate.

Between 2004 and 2007 she worked as a curatorial assistant at the Wien Museum . Then as a television editor for Die Barbara Karlich Show and Barbara Stöckl .

Claudia Skopal received her literary training in the Langschlag writing workshops with Gustav Ernst and Robert Schindel . In 2012/13 she graduated from the Leondingen Academy for Literature.

Since 2002 she has been working as a freelance writer , mainly in the field of children's and youth literature. Her books have been published by Gondrom Verlag, Ueberreuter and G & G Verlag. Some of them have been translated into Chinese.

Her debut novel Pisces in the Moon was published under the pseudonym Natascha Fox in 2017 .

Claudia Skopal is a member of the IG Authors and Authors and is represented by the Michael Gaeb Berlin literary agency.

Works

Reading by Claudia Skopal in the Wilhelm-Kienzl-Museum Paudorf together with Markus Zahrl 2018

• Pony stories , Carl Ueberreuter, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3800052714
• Ferien am See , Carl Ueberreuter, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3800053346
• Christ Child, where are you? G & G Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3707410679
• Lilly, the little mermaid , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3707411782
• The little dragon Berti. 3 minute stories for 3 year olds. G & G Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3707412277
• The little gnome button. 3 minute stories for 3 year olds. G & G Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3707412284
• The little unicorn Lelia. 3 minute stories for 3 year olds. G & G Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3707412291
• The little knight Leopold. 4 minute stories for 4 year olds. G & G Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3707413359
• The little princess rose scent. 4 minute stories for 4 year olds. G & G Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3707413342
• Laura and the kitten , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3707414882
• Konrad Pirat , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3902945136
• Christ Child, where are you? Maxi Pixie , Carlsen Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3551048639
• Holidays with Laura's cat , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3707416282
• You are now my big brother , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3707418675
• You are now my big sister , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3956662751
• With papa at the knight's castle , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3707419696
• Luna, the magical unicorn , G & G Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3707421989

Anthologies

• Adventure stories , Gondrom 2002, ISBN 978-3811221147
• Friendship Stories, Gondrom 2002, ISBN 978-3811221888
• Crime Stories , Gondrom 2003, ISBN 978-3811221895
• Adventure stories , Gondrom 2003, ISBN 978-3811221871
• Angel Stories That Help Children , Gondrome 2003, ISBN 978-3811221307
• Little Stories That Help Children , Gondrome 2003, ISBN 978-3811224223
• Little Advent and Christmas Stories, Gondrom 2004, ISBN 978-3811223967
• Everything Children Want , Gondrom 2005, ISBN 978-3811225268
• Dear Christ Child, come to me , G & G Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3707411300
• My big first reading book , G & G Verlag 2017, ISBN 978-3707421170

Novels

• Fish in the moon , Amazon 2017, ISBN 978-1549589218

Scientific publications

• Hans Moser's disposal and rescue. Together with Julia Danielczyk. In: Hans Moser 1880 - 1964. Ed. Ulrike Dembski and Christiane Mühlegger - Henhapel. Vienna: Christian Brandstätter Verlag 2004, ISBN 978-3854983613

• Schlager, schnitzel, fights. The inn in the Austrian feature film. In: In the tavern. A history of Viennese sociability. Edited by Ulrike Spring, Wolfgang Kos and Wolfgang Freitag . Vienna: Czernin Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3707602371

Web links

Commons : Claudia Skopal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Claudia Skopal in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of Claudia Skopal
• Claudia Skopal at Lovely Books
• Author portrait at "I go reading"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release Wienerberger Austria
2. ↑ see program booklet
3. ↑ see program booklet
4. ↑ Images of Man - Gender Identities in Films by Australian Women Directors , Dissertation 2010, University of Vienna
5. ↑ see exhibition catalogs “In the pub: A history of Viennese sociability”, p. 3 ( ISBN 978-3707602371 ) and “Look at me: Viennese portraits”, p. 4 ( ISBN 978-3902510389 )
6. ↑ Photos of the broadcast recording from October 1, 2007
7. ^ Author's page from G & G Verlag
8. ↑ Literary Agency Michael Gaeb