Erika Molny
Erika Molny (born June 28, 1932 in Patergassen , Carinthia , † August 26, 1990 in Vienna ) was an Austrian author and journalist .
The daughter of a radiologist and a nurse was supposed to become an X-ray assistant first and then completed an - unpopular - degree at the University of World Trade in Vienna. After her marriage to the writer Thomas Pluch (1960) and the birth of two daughters, including the screenwriter Agnes Pluch (* 1968), she increasingly turned to writing. Molny initially wrote mainly TV reviews and columns for various national Austrian media, then plays, novels, satirical cabaret texts and TV scripts.
Works (selection)
- Fragments (novel), Vienna 1984
- You should be able to talk to someone ... (texts), Vienna 1985
- The Painter's Wife (novel), Vienna 1988
- The festival of the rooster (stories from the estate), Vienna 1991
Web links
- Literature by and about Erika Molny in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erika Molny on the website of the Austrian Cabaret Archive
- Erika Molny in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Wiener Zeitung : Commemorative article by René Freund ( Memento from April 18, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molny, Erika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patergassen , Carinthia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1990 |
| Place of death | Vienna |