Anna Baar
Anna Baar (* 1973 in Zagreb , Yugoslavia ) is an Austrian writer .
Life
The daughter of an Austrian father and a Croatian mother from Dalmatia grew up bilingually in Vienna, Klagenfurt and in summer with her grandmother on the Dalmatian island of Brač . After graduating from the music branch of the Stiftsgymnasium Viktring , she studied journalism , Slavic studies , theater studies and public relations at the universities of Vienna and Klagenfurt. In 2008 she was at the University of Klagenfurt for Dr. phil. PhD. During her studies she wrote for the press and radio as well as clients from business, science and the arts.
Anna Baar writes poetry, prose and essays. Her texts have been translated into several languages and published in numerous German and international literary magazines and anthologies.
Baar lives in Vienna and Klagenfurt .
At the invitation of the literary critic Stefan Gmünder , Baar took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2015 .
Works
- The color of the pomegranate, Roman . Wallstein, Göttingen 2015, 320 pages, ISBN 978-3-8353-1765-9 .
- As if they were walking in a dream, Roman . Wallstein, 2017, 208 pages, ISBN 978-3-8353-3124-2 .
- Divan with protective cover . In: Home Europe? Martin W. Ramb and Holger Zaborowski (eds.), Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8353-3475-5
Awards
- 2012: Carinthian Poetry Prize
- 2014: Prize of the Carinthian Writers' Association
- 2015: 1st place in the ORF best list in August and September (3rd place in October) for "The Color of the Pomegranate"
- 2016: Shortlist for the Rauris Literature Prize
- 2016: Rotahorn Literature Prize
- 2016: Shortlist for the Alpha Literature Prize
- 2016: Floriana (2nd prize)
- 2017: Theodor Körner Prize for "As if they were dreaming" (Roman, 2017)
- 2017: Special award from the state of Carinthia
- 2020: Humbert Fink Prize
Web links
- Official website
- "How much despair does courage need?" , Literaturkritik.de from July 1, 2015
- Die Angstsaat , Die Presse of July 31, 2015
- Large narrative arc , Vorarlberger Nachrichten from August 1, 2015
- Inevitable Strangeness , Der Standard from August 28, 2015
- Anecdotes vs. Complexity , Shine & Misery from September 13, 2015
- Impressive debut novel , Vienna Online from 23 August 2015
supporting documents
- ^ Anna Baar: Writing for the father tongue , Kleine Zeitung of June 12, 2015
- ^ Author profile at Wallstein Verlag
- ↑ bachmannpreis.orf.at
- ^ Between carpet fringes in FAZ of November 14, 2015, page 14
- ↑ Anna Baar: On the arduous continued life as a hero of resistance , review in Der Standard from February 9, 2018, accessed November 20, 2019
- ↑ Wilfried Steiner awarded Floriana. In: ooe.orf.at. October 17, 2016, accessed December 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Theodor Körner Awards 2017. (No longer available online.) In: beruferkammer.at. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017 ; accessed on June 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Culture: Anna Baar receives Humbert Fink Prize orf.at, January 21, 2020, accessed January 21, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baar, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |