Claudia Paganini

Claudia Paganini , née Mathis , (born January 7, 1978 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian author.

Life

After attending grammar school in Innsbruck, Paganini studied theology and philosophy at Innsbruck University . In 2001 she finished her theology studies with a thesis on the figure of Leviathan in the Book of Job . A year later she received her second master's degree in philosophy at the theological faculty with a thesis on the philosophical basis of human rights. She received her doctorate in 2004 with a cultural-philosophical thesis on the failure in Dürrenmatt's work . She was chair of the student council and worked for the journal Baustelle Theologie of the theological faculty. In the same year she did her doctorate sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae .

During her studies in 2001 she published her first novel, several short stories and a volume of poetry.

Married to Simone Paganini , Professor of Biblical Theology at RWTH Aachen University , with whom she wrote several non-fiction books, she had their first daughter in 2003, a son in 2005 and their second daughter in 2007. She works as a non-fiction author and freelance journalist in Innsbruck. Since September 2010 she has been an assistant at the Institute for Christian Philosophy at Innsbruck University .

After the Andreas Hofer commemorative year 2009, she and the historian Richard Schober published the official commemorative volume on behalf of the State of Tyrol .

Publications

Fiction

• How I got up Berenkamp-Verlag, Hall 2001.
• Panopticon. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2003.
• Risk. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2007.

Poetry

• black snow. leviathan-Verlag, Innsbruck 2002.

Non-fiction

• Close to heaven ... From summit crosses and summit sayings. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2002. (2nd edition 2006)
• Lived happily and easily died. Torture sayings and grave inscriptions from the Alps. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2003.
• The failure in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's work. Publishing house Dr. Kovač, Berlin 2004.
• Devil's League and Witches Dance. Witch madness and witch hunt in Austria. Berenkamp Verlag, Innsbruck 2006. (with Simone Paganini)
• In the beginning God created Eve. The unknown pages of the Old Testament. Ueberreuterverlag, Vienna 2007. (with Simone Paganini)
• Then he stumbled and fell down from the Olperer. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2007.
• And God laughed. The bizarre and cheerful from 2000 years of church history. Ueberreuterverlag, Vienna 2008. (with Simon Paganini)
• History meets future. Tyrol in the commemorative year 2009. Published by the state of Tyrol. Tyrolia Verlag, Innsbruck 2010. (with Richard Schober)
• Where heaven and earth touch each other. Themed and reflection trails in Tyrol. Berenkamp-Verlag, Innsbruck 2010. (with Simone Paganini)
• What did people believe in Jesus' day? An Introduction to the Old Testament. Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2012. (with Simon Paganini)

Editing

• Days are coming. The future of theology. Studia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2000.
• Of illusory worlds and buttresses. Studia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2001.
• Bring my people out. FS Fischer. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt 2004.

Web links

• Literature by and about Claudia Paganini in the catalog of the German National Library