Claudia Bitter

Claudia Bitter (born June 23, 1965 in Antiesenhofen , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian writer , translator , artist and librarian .

Life

After graduating from high school in Ried im Innkreis in 1983, Claudia Bitter went to Vienna, where she still lives. There she studied Slavic Studies and Ethnology. She has published in magazines and anthologies since 1991, and her first book was published in 2001. She writes poetry and prose, which she sometimes combines with drawings and collages to form so-called word images (self-definition). Your work has received several awards. She is a member of the IG Authors and Authors and the Podium literature group.

Translations (selection)

• Reverse the sun . Stories by Marina Palej. Literaturverlag Droschl, Graz 1997. ISBN 978-3-85420-468-8

Works (selection)

• what one would have lost here . 11 prose texts. With a foreword by Christian Loidl. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2002. ISBN 978-3-85252-443-6 .
• voice is lost . Poems. Edition innsalz, Braunau 2005. ISBN 978-3-90005-061-0 .
• Get lost . Stories. Klever Verlag, Vienna 2008. ISBN 978-3-90266-500-3
• Word birds / leaf words . Intermedial texts. Mitterverlag, Wels 2012. ISBN 978-3-95031-577-6
• The world on my skin . Stories. Klever Verlag, Vienna 2013. ISBN 978-3-90266-563-8
• Fish flies. From the life of the wingfin . Image collages and lyrical short texts. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2015. ISBN 978-3-99028-455-1
• Marking . Novel. Klever Verlag, Vienna 2020. ISBN 978-3-903110-56-4

Numerous publications in literary magazines and anthologies ( Die Rampe , Facetten, Podium , Salz, Sterz, etc.)

Awards (selection)

• Haidhauser Workshop Prize 1993
• Austrian junior scholarship for literature 1994
• Siemens Advancement Award 2002
• Siemens Advancement Award 2003
• Project grant for literature 2003/2004
• Book award from the Federal Ministry in 2013
• Ms. Ava Literature Prize 2019

Web links

• Author's website
• Claudia Bitter at the Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz
• Literature by and about Claudia Bitter in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LiteraturNetz Oberösterreich , accessed on December 23, 2015
2. ↑ StifterHaus Oberösterreich, accessed on December 23, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.