Elisabeth Reichart
Elisabeth Reichart (born November 19, 1953 in Steyregg / Upper Austria ) is an Austrian writer .
Life and accomplishments
Elisabeth Reichart passed her school-leaving examination at a higher educational institution for tourism professions in Kleßheim . She studied then history and German literature at the universities in Salzburg and Vienna . In 1983 she did her doctorate as a historian at the University of Salzburg with a thesis on the resistance against the National Socialist rule in the Salzkammergut as a doctor of philosophy. Since 1982 she has lived as a freelance writer in Vienna. In 1992 she was in charge of the newly founded authors' laboratory in the “ Alte Schmiede ” art association . In 1994 she was writer in residence at Allegheny College in Meadville , Pennsylvania , in 1995 and 2007 at Bowling Green State University , in 2002 at Dickinson College in Carlisle , Pennsylvania, and in 2005 at Grinnell College, Iowa . Elisabeth Reichart was visiting professor at Nagoya University in Japan in 1999 and 2004 .
Elisabeth Reichart writes novels , short stories , plays , radio plays and children's books . An important theme of her works is the continued effect of the National Socialist past and the deformations that have led to their suppression by renouncing memory to this day. However, Reichart also writes decidedly feminist texts, mainly from an extremely critical position towards the predominant male language in the author 's opinion .
Awards
- 1980 Rauris Promotion Prize
- 1982 Rauris Promotion Prize
- 1985 Theodor Körner Prize
- 1989 Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1993 Austrian Prize for Literature
- 1995 Elias Canetti Scholarship
- 1996 Elias Canetti Scholarship
- 1997 author for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- 1999 Austrian Prize for Literature
- 2000 Literature Prize of the Salzburg Economy
- 2000 Anton Wildgans Prize
- In 2004 Laura's plan was chosen among the ten special books for Andersentag .
- 2009 Provincial Culture Prize Upper Austria
- 2015 City of Vienna Prize for Literature
- 2020 Veza Canetti Prize of the City of Vienna
Works
- Today is tomorrow. Salzburg 1983.
- February shadow. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1984, ISBN 3-7013-0899-3 .
- Come across the lake. Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-351-01016-8 .
- La Valse. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1992, ISBN 3-7013-0827-6 .
- Cunt. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-7013-0868-3 .
- Jacket intoxication. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-7013-0881-0 .
- Night march Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1995, ISBN 3-7013-0913-2 .
- The forgotten smile of the Amaterasu. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 1998, ISBN 978-3-3510-2851-0 .
- Danubio in dream water. Hamborn Castle 2000, ISBN 3-931156-60-5 . (in cooperation with Kiki Ketcham-Neumann)
- Laura's plan. St. Pölten et al. 2004 (children's book), ISBN 3-85326-281-3 .
- The house of the dying men. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 2005, ISBN 3-7013-1104-8 .
- The invisible photographer. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-7013-1151-4 .
- The Voest children. Salzburg: Otto Müller Verlag 2011 ISBN 978-3-7013-1187-3 .
Editing
- Austrian poets. Salzburg et al. 1993
literature
- Elaine Martin: Gender, Patriarchy and Fascism in the Third Reich. Detroit 1993
- Bettina Wellacher (Red.): Elisabeth Reichart. Klagenfurt 1999
- Elizabeth Snyder Hook: Family secrets and the contemporary German novel. Rochester, NY 2001
Web links
- Literature by and about Elisabeth Reichart in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elisabeth Reichart in the literary archive of the Austrian National Library
- Biography of Elisabeth Reichart ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on stifter.haus.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Author Elisabeth Reichart receives the Veza Canetti Prize. In: derstandard.at. July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichart, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steyregg , Upper Austria |