Birgit Schwaner
Birgit Schwaner (* 1960 in Frankenberg , Germany ) is a German author and journalist who has lived and worked in Vienna since 1984 .
life and work
After completing her studies in German and philosophy (Mag. Phil.) At the University of Vienna , Birgit Schwaner initially wrote articles, reports and essays for Austrian daily newspapers (mostly “ Wiener Zeitung ”) and magazines , primarily on topics of cultural history , literature and contemporary art . From 1995 to 1998 she wrote, in addition to numerous reviews , the column “on the other hand” for the magazine “ Buchkultur ”.
From 1994 the author published literary texts in literary magazines and anthologies and from 2000 she also wrote radio plays . Subsequently, numerous publications appeared - prose , such as "Lunar Logbooks" or in 2013 the dystopian story "Polyphems Garten".
Her non-fiction books were first published in 2007 by Metro and Pichler Verlag and deal primarily with subjects from Austrian and Viennese cultural history and history.
Works
prose
- Jackls Mondflug, Klever, Vienna 2017
- Polyphems Garten, Klever, Vienna 2013
- Hero. Lady. Pug, improvisation. Klever, Vienna 2010
- Lunar logbooks, Ritter , Klagenfurt 2007
- Mördermaschine, booklet with photographs by Wolfgang Lengheim, KIR (small idiomatic series), Vienna 2007
Radio plays
- Hirnsegel, ahoy !, literature as radio art on ORF-Kunstradio , first broadcast June 10, 2012, 4:09 pm (production notes)
- Don Schote and Rasinante, directed by Renate Pittroff - ORF , first broadcast November 8, 2004
- The moon here ... (based on the one-act play of the same name), director: Renate Pittroff, ORF, first broadcast July 7, 2003
- Moon machine selbdritt, director: Lucas Cejpek - ORF - first broadcast November 26, 2001
- 4 hats with women: 1 spring watch or: Oh, the shell of life flutters here, director: Renate Pittroff, ORF, first broadcast on September 11, 2000
Non-fiction
- Prinz Eugen. Portrait of the strategist as an art patron, Metroverlag, Vienna 2010
- The Wittgensteins. Art and Calculus, Metroverlag, Vienna 2008
- The Viennese coffee house. Legend, culture, atmosphere, Pichler, Vienna 2007
- Jewish Vienna, travel guide. Vienna: Metro, 2007
- The book of Austrian names, origin Eigenart meaning. Add. with Heinz D. Pohl , Pichler, Vienna 2007
Awards
- Siemens Literature Prize; Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- Scholarship from the " Artists Village Schöppingen Foundation "
- Author's premium of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
- Schreyahn artist's scholarship
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Birgit Schwaner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Birgit Schwaner on literary port
- Programs by and with Birgit Schwaner on ORF-Kunstradio
- Birgit Schwaner on in | ad | ae | qu | at
- Entry on Birgit Schwaner in the basis wien database
- Birgit Schwaner at Klever Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwaner, Birgit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenberg , Germany |