Elisabeth Schawerda

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Elisabeth Schawerda (born April 20, 1940 in Bad Vöslau ) is an Austrian poet.

Life

Elisabeth Schawerda grew up in Sooss near Baden in a winegrowing family and graduated from high school in Baden . She studied German language and literature and art history at the University of Vienna and received her doctorate in 1965. phil.

Schawerda has been publishing essays in feature sections in newspapers and magazines since 1981, especially in the literary magazine Morgen and in the weekly newspaper Die Furche . The lyric is the profession of shaving Werda.

She is a member of the Austrian PEN Club and a member of the Podium literature group .

Schawerda is married and has three children. She has lived in Vienna since 1985 .

Awards

  • 1995 recognition award for poetry from the state of Lower Austria

Publications

  • The invitation of the walls. Poems. Verlag Der Apfel, 1997.
  • The air is full of thoughts. Poems. Edition Atelier, Vienna 1989.
  • Schlemihl's daughter. Poems. Edition Atelier, Vienna 1991.
  • Nomad in my house. Poems. Edition Tusch, Neudörfl 2000.
  • Dawn on the wall. Poetry. 2003.
  • Serena Serenissima. Poetry. 2004.
  • Hora Felix. Poetry. 2005.
  • Echo. Poetry. 2006.
  • Paul Verlaine . Selected poems. Newly translated by Elisabeth Schawerda, etchings by Georg Königstein . Edition Koenigstein, Klosterneuburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-901495-49-6 .
  • Jean de la Fontaine . Selected fables retold. Illustration by Georg Königstein. Edition Koenigstein, Klosterneuburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-901495-52-6 .
  • The secret is blue. Picture book. Illustration by Helga Bansch . Wiener Dom Verlag, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85351-228-9 .
in anthologies and literary magazines

literature

  • Author portrait of Elisabeth Schawerda. A documentation of the Lower Austrian PEN Club, DVD.

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personal data
SURNAME Schawerda, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Vöslau