Edith Kneifl

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Edith Kneifl (born January 1, 1954 in Wels , Upper Austria) is an Austrian writer. She is one of the most successful crime novelists in Austria; her novels have been translated into several languages.

Life

Edith Kneifl spent childhood and youth in Lenzing / Upper Austria . Her parents were Elisabeth Kneifl, born in Essen under the maiden name Reddig, and her Austrian father Rudolf Kneifl. The mother was an elementary school teacher, a socialist politician in the 1960s and then a librarian. Father Rudolf worked as a commercial clerk, later he was the social democratic mayor of the industrial community of Lenzing for years.

After attending grammar school in Vöcklabruck , Edith Kneifl studied psychology and ethnology at the University of Vienna between 1973 and 1980 , where she received her PhD in 1980. phil. PhD. She then worked in the inter-ministerial working group on dealing with issues specific to women in the field of education (1981/82). In addition, she was involved as an organizer with “Artists for Peace” until 1983 and worked as a journalist at the Austrian Documentation and Information Center (1982–1984). In 1986 she settled in Vienna and published short stories in anthologies until her first great success - the crime novel Between Two Nights .

Edith Kneifl was an active athlete until she was 33. She played table tennis in the Austrian State League, was multiple Upper Austrian champion and member of the Austrian national team. Her hobbies are reading, traveling and sailing. She owns a small yacht Miss Marple (sic!), With which she often sails in the Adriatic. Edith Kneifl was married to the Austrian painter Rainer Wölzl, her second husband was the doctor Dr. Erwin Logar.

After long stays abroad in Greece and the USA, Edith Kneifl lives and works today (2012) in Vienna as a psychoanalyst and freelance author. She is a member of the AIEP (Asociacion International de Escritores Policiacos), the Sisters in Crime and the authors' group of German-language crime literature - Das Syndikat .

Awards

Works

Dr. Elena Agazzi, Professor of German Literature at the German Institute of the University of Bergamo, analyzes the abnormalities in Edith Kneifl's novels and stories in a scientific study:

  • “... Later I read all of Edith Kneifl's novels for pure pleasure and discovered that there is actually no guide to be found in her stories that could point out what is typical for her, but that it is still an unmistakable style . Michael Horvath and other critics and journalists have described her as an Austrian thriller writer of international stature. In contrast to traditional detective stories, Edith Kneifl does not have a fixed main character and also no recurring backdrop. That wouldn't be further confusing if at the end of the reading you had at least the certainty of having driven evil from your own horizon and of being able to hope for a better world in the future. The outcome of Kneifl's stories unfortunately leaves a bitter aftertaste. 'Vengeance without joy' could be the motto for their stories. ... "
  • “... The problem with the main characters in Kneifl's stories: They are know-it-alls, they suffer from a very ancient disease called ' hubris '. Kneifl very often describes - as for example in the 1997 novel, 'The End of the Presentation' - the shaky psychology of emancipated women who believe that they can discover the truth without any other help - including that of the police - and punish the criminal on their own. ... "
  • “... There is ... always a good reason to kill and if the unjustified murder is not just an alibi for looking for clues - like Gina's strangulation in 'Triestiner Morgen' (1995) - you get the end of Kneifl's story Convincingly explains why it was better to get to know the victim dead and not alive. ... "
  • “... Kneifl breaks possible models of the tradition of the detective novel and the crime story by not forcing its readers to a civil recognition of the meritorious role of the police, but also not wanting to grant them a gratification with the arrest of the criminal. Rather, it seems to me that with Kneifl, the conflict between the world of men and women remains central, as she repeatedly accuses men of continuing their lives in a distant relationship with women and mostly leaving them alone. ... "
  • “... Based on Hitchcock's considerations on the difference between 'suspense' and 'surprise' effects, it can be said that Kneifl always warns of the bomb under the table of two interlocutors before it even explodes; a 'surprise' effect would be to simply let the bomb explode and only then count the dead. ... "

Detective novels

  • 1991 Between two nights . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1993 In the quiet of the day . Heyne, Munich
  • 1995 Trieste Morning . Haffmans at Heyne, Munich
  • 1997 end of the performance . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg
  • 1999 Alone in the night . Diana, Munich
  • 2001 At first sight . Diana, Munich
  • 2002 Pate with Hautgout . Europe, Hamburg
  • 2004 Children of Medusa . Ullstein, Munich
  • 2007 Death is a Viennese woman . Edition Nautilus (caliber 64), Hamburg
  • 2007 Secret Venice . Lichtblick, Salzburg
  • 2008 Secret Salzburg . Lichtblick, Salzburg
  • 2008 Secret Florence & Chianti Classico . Lichtblick, Salzburg
  • 2009 Happy who forgets . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2009 beautiful dead . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2011 City of Pain . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2012 Death drives the ferris wheel . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2012 Bloody sand . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2013 The dead of Schönbrunn . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2014 Satan's Bride (together with Stefan M. Gergely ). Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2015 Dance of Death in St. Stephen's Cathedral . Haymon, Innsbruck
  • 2016 I prefer you dead: Finding the three from Naschmarkt , Haymon, Innsbruck, ISBN 978-3-7099-7256-4
  • 2017 Death loves the opera , Haymon, Innsbruck, ISBN 978-3-7099-7879-5

Chain novels

Crime anthologies

  1. 2011 Tatort coffee house . Falter, Vienna.
  2. 2011 Tatort Beisl . Falter, Vienna.
  3. 2012 Tatort Prater . Falter, Vienna.
  4. 2012 crime scene cemetery . Falter, Vienna.
  5. 2013 Tatort sausage stand . Falter, Vienna.
  6. 2013 City Hall crime scene . Falter, Vienna.
  7. 2014 Tatort Heuriger . Falter, Vienna.
  8. 2014 crime scene Schönbrunn . Falter, Vienna.
  9. 2015 Naschmarkt crime scene . Falter, Vienna.
  10. 2015 Tatort Burgtheater . Falter, Vienna.
  11. 2016 Hofburg crime scene . Falter, Vienna.
  12. 2016 crime scene community housing . Falter, Vienna.
  13. 2017 crime scene capital . Falter, Vienna.

Women's crime hologies

  • 2004 crime scene Vienna . Edith Kneifl. Milena, Vienna
  • 2006 Murderous on the way . Edith Kneifl. Milena, Vienna
  • 2008 Merciless . (21 stories). Milena, Vienna

Crime stories

  • 1987 Tschik . In: In a small circle . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1988 The house on the river . In: Mordlust . Westarp, food
  • 1992 Life in bloom . In: With anger, charm & method . Fischer, Frankfurt / M.
  • 1993 Valentino shoes . In: The murderer blows out the candles . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 1993 The Last Supper . In: The killer is always the gardener . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 1993 Again every year . In: The murderer unpacks the rod . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 1993 digital . In: The Rift in Heaven . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M.
  • 1994 Maria Theresia - a still life . In: Women become hyenas . dtv, Munich
  • 1994 The audience . In: Murder on the spot . Publishing house for social criticism, Vienna
  • 1994 oak leaves . In: Haffmans Krimi annual volume 1994 . Haffmans at Heyne, Munich
  • 1994 Felix . In: ... the lake rests still and rigid . Fischer, Frankfurt / M.
  • 1994 plea for gifts ... . In: The Truth About Dagobert . Argon, Berlin
  • 1995 The audience . In: Haffmans Krimi annual volume 1995 . Haffmans at Heyne, Munich
  • 1995 mother Danube . In: Blood in the Bassena . dtv, Munich
  • 1995 night owls . In: The shots never sound sweeter . Heyne, Munich
  • 1996 Belinda . In: The murderer stalls the engine . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 1996 Royal Hawaiian Motel . In: Haffmans Krimi annual volume 1996 . Haffmans at Heyne, Munich
  • 1996 Short guest performance . In: Mord light . Berlin publishing house, Berlin
  • 1997 Au revoir . In: Haffman's Krimi annual volume 1997 . Haffmans at Heyne, Munich
  • 1999 siesta . In: Magic of the moment . Heyne, Munich
  • 1999 The Beloved . In: Wild women kiss better . Knaur, Munich
  • 1999 Gänsehäufl . In: Holiday reading book . Heyne, Munich
  • 2000 Pizza Capricorno . In: Cold-blooded Ibex . Eichborn, Frankfurt / M.
  • 2002 feats . In: The 7 Deadly Sins . Heyne, Munich
  • 2002 The corpse fisherman from Rünthe . In: Mord am Hellweg . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 2003 Men's Street . In: lust for murder . Scherz, Frankfurt / M.
  • 2003 feast . In: Murder Anniversary . Scherz, Frankfurt / M.
  • 2003 Let's be happy and cheerful . In: Quietly the snow trickles ... . Ullstein, Munich
  • 2004 feast . In: Tatort Wien . Milena, Vienna
  • 2004 The beautiful dead of Kamen . In: More murders on Hellweg . Grafit, Dortmund
  • 2005 Saint Marx . In: The press . Vienna, December 31, 2005
  • 2006 Old love doesn't rust . In: Murderously on the move . Milena, Vienna
  • 2007 Grand Hotel . In: Hotels . Edition Aramo, Vienna
  • 2008 Mariahilf . Nice corpse in Vienna . Edited by Angela Esser . Grafit, Dortmund

stories

  • 1988 One night in Paris . In: Orpheus chokes on it . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1988 game over . In: Domino with Domina . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1988 nights of full moon . In: Let my face be pale . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1990 The morning after . In: Drama Triangle . Wiener Frauenverlag, Vienna
  • 1991 women . In: Body Dreams . Heyne, Munich
  • 1995 Museum of Shadows . In: I + I are two different things . Edition aha, Vienna
  • 2001 teleworking . In: Macht Freiheit Staat . Bawag-Anthologie, Ueberreuter, Vienna
  • 2001 Ashes of Memory . In: Why Live . Edited by Regula Venske. Scherz, Bern a. a.
  • 2005 anniversary menu . In: Fest Essen . Milena, Vienna
  • 2007 The long night of shoes . In: shoes . Edited by Sylvia Treudl . Edition Aramo, Vienna

Essays / essays

  • 1996 Detectives of the Soul . In: Magazin Buchkultur , Vienna, No. 39/1996, p. 19
  • 1996 Why Hercule Poirot is single . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , 23./24. November 1996
  • 1997 crime scene couch . In: The murder book . Edited by Nina Schindler. Claassen, Hildesheim

Art books

  • 1993 Museum of Shadows . Text: Edith Kneifl. With lithographs by Rainer Wölzl. Edition Thurnhof, Horn / Lower Austria.

Audio books

  • 2007 Death is a Viennese woman . Read by Monica Bleibtreu . Audiobook Hamburg, Hamburg.

Film adaptations

Screenplays for film / television

  • 1999/2000 Trieste Morning . Together with Milian Dor
  • 2000/2001 end of the performance . Together with Wolfgang Murnberger

References and comments

  1. ^ Translations into French, Greek, Czech, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese
  2. ↑ International Association of Detective Writers; in the English-speaking area: IACW (International Association of Crime Writers)
  3. ↑ see: Psychology and Crime. The concept of the 'black soul' in Edith Kneifl's crime novels . In: Sandro M. Moraldo (Ed.): Murder as a creative process - On the crime novel of the present in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . University Press Winter, Heidelberg 2005
  4. ↑ see: Michael Horvath in the magazine Buchkultur . Vienna, No. 39/1996, p. 17
  5. ↑ Gourmet Crime
  6. ↑ a b c carry the additional title A delightful novel . Sumptuous-culinary thrillers, plots are set in hotels, restaurants. Numerous recipes to cook at home. Illustrated, partly with photos and site plans
  7. ↑ a b c bear the additional title A historical Vienna crime thriller
  8. ↑ The first broadcast on ORF 2 took place on October 30, 2001

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personal data
SURNAME Kneifl, Edith
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels , Upper Austria