Birgit Birnbacher
Birgit Birnbacher (born July 16, 1985 in Schwarzach im Pongau ) is an Austrian writer .
Life
Birnbacher dropped out of school early, first did an apprenticeship, then went to development aid to Ethiopia and India for a while . She later did her Matura and studied sociology and social sciences . Until 2018 she worked as a social worker and sociologist in community and neighborhood work. At the same time she began to write literary and since 2012 also to publish.
Her literary work has received several awards, including a. she received the Rauris Promotion Prize and the Irseer Pegasus Author's Prize . Her debut novel Wir ohne Wal , which appeared in 2016, was awarded the Jürgen Ponto Foundation's Literature Prize and was nominated for the Rauris Literature Prize and the Alpha Literature Prize, and in December 2016 it was on the ORF's best list .
In June 2019 she was invited to the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize on the recommendation of Stefan Gmünder and won with her prose text The Cabinet . The jury praised Birnbacher's story as a "micro-study of living conditions". In the laudatory speech, the language of Birnbacher's text was praised as "crackling" and "stirring". Her second novel Ich bei mir Seite landed in May 2020 at number one on the ORF best list.
Birgit Birnbacher lives with her son, born in 2016, as a freelance writer in Salzburg .
Works (selection)
- The aunt ' . Anthology for the writing competition Zurich. Museum Society, Literaturhaus Zürich. Zurich, 2012.
- Sometimes bright, sometimes water-blue . Edition Tandem Verlag , Salzburg, 2013.
- A remnant of bath water . Rauris Promotion Prize. In: SALZ, magazine for literature, 159.Salzburg, 2015.
- Two years. In: concepts . Journal for Literature, 35th Neu-Ulm, 2015.
- but we. In: Relationship.Crises.Herd. Anthology for the Munich short story competition. Louis or. Munich, 2016.
- Red giants. In: clearings. Journal for literature, art and criticism of the times , 144th Graz, 2015.
- We without a whale. Novel. Jung und Jung Verlag , Salzburg / Vienna. 2016.
- About Peter Laubichler. In: People from Salzburg. Anthology, ed. Arno Kleibel, Jochen Jung . Otto Müller Verlag , Salzburg 2016
- Houses from above. In: manuscripts. Journal for Literature , 212, Graz, 2016.
- Functional jackets . In: 100x Austria. New essays from literature and science. Eds. Sommerer, Zeyringer, Uhl. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau , Vienna, 2018.
- The closet , read at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2019 .
- Me by my side , Roman, Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-552-05988-7
Awards
- 2015: Rauris Promotion Prize
- 2015: Irseer Pegasus author's prize
- 2015: Starting scholarship for literature from the BKA
- 2016: Theodor Körner sponsorship award
- 2016: Literature Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
- 2017: Shortlist for the Rauris Literature Prize
- 2017: Finalist for the Alpha Literature Prize
- 2018: Annual grant from the State of Salzburg
- 2018/19: Project grant literature BKA
- 2019: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
literature
- Andrea Heinz: a writer with a social feel . In: The Standard . July 1, 2019, p. 20 ( derstandard.at [accessed June 30, 2019]).
- Oliver Pfohlmann: Between sorrowful bodies and small town brainwashes. Portrait of the WhatsApp generation: About Birgit Birnbacher's (non-) novel debut "Wir ohne Wal" . In: literaturkritik.de . March 1, 2017 ( literaturkritik.de [accessed June 30, 2019]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Birgit Birnbacher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Birgit Birnbacher in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Profile - on the website of the Bachmann Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrea Heinz: a writer with a social feel . In: The Standard . July 1, 2019, p. 20 ( derstandard.at ).
- ↑ a b Short biography , Bachmann Prize 2019 author profile, accessed June 27, 2019
- ↑ Birgit Birnbacher | Rauris Literature Days. Accessed February 1, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Heudecker Sylvia: Birgit Birnbacher receives Irseer Pegasus literary prize. Schwaben Akademie Irsee, January 12, 2015, accessed on February 1, 2018 (German).
- ↑ a b Oliver Pfohlmann: Between sorrowful body and small town brain jerks. Portrait of the WhatsApp generation: About Birgit Birnbacher's (non-) novel debut "Wir ohne Wal" . In: literaturkritik.de . March 1, 2017 ( literaturkritik.de [accessed June 30, 2019]).
- ↑ Jürgen Ponto Prize for Birgit Birnbacher . In: Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade . July 19, 2016 ( buecher.at [accessed February 1, 2018]).
- ↑ Shortlist Literature Prize 2017 | Rauris Literature Days. Accessed February 1, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Alpha Literature Prize 2017 will be decided between three authors . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed February 1, 2018]).
- ↑ The best 10 in December 2016 - tv.ORF.at. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Literature Prize: Birgit Birnbacher wins Bachmann Prize . In: The time . June 30, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed June 30, 2019]).
- ↑ The best in May: Birgit Birnbacher. In: ORF.at . Retrieved April 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Literaturhaus | Birgit Birnbacher's aunt´. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Birgit Birnbacher | Rauris Literature Days. Accessed March 8, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Birgit Birnbacher | Rauris Literature Days. Accessed March 8, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Irseer Pegasus literary prize awarded. Accessed March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ nikt online communication, Austria, http://www.nikt.at : Literaturnetz.at | Details. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ nikt online communication, Austria, http://www.nikt.at : Literaturnetz.at | Details. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ nikt online communication, Austria, http://www.nikt.at : Literaturnetz.at | Details. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Shortlist Literature Prize 2017 | Rauris Literature Days. Accessed March 8, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Alpha Literature Prize 2017 will be decided between three authors . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on March 8, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birnbacher, Birgit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzach im Pongau |