Eugenie Cain

Eugenie Kain in June 2009

Eugenie Kain (born April 1, 1960 in Linz ; † January 8, 2010 there ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Eugenie Kain was born in Linz in 1960 as the daughter of the writer Franz Kain . After attending school, she began studying German and theater studies at the University of Vienna. From 1984 to 1990, Kain worked for the daily newspaper Volksstimme and read regularly as the author of the Left Word at the annual Volksstimmefest . In 1991 their daughter Katharina was born. From 1995 to 1998 Kain wrote in the hillinger newspaper project , in 1996 the author worked on the conception of the Linz street newspaper "Kupfermuckn", and from 1999 to 2008 she contributed to radio FRO . In 2003, Kain ran a writing workshop for residents of the flood-affected community of Mitterkirchen and in 2005 a writing workshop for the homeless . Eugenie Kain published her texts on ORF , in free radios and in numerous magazines. On January 8, 2010, she died of cancer in her hometown.

Subject

In her works, Eugenie Kain thematized the actions of people in borderline situations and the problems of socially marginalized groups. In her writing she followed social and urban fault lines. Coming from a communist family, Eugenie Kain found her way into the KPÖ, of which she had been a member since 1983. Her political commitment also focused primarily on the cultural sector and the critical examination of social conditions, such as her contributions to "Café KPÖ", the left-wing magazine for Upper Austria that has been published since 2004. The narrator of the book Whispering Songs remembered that on the first Sunday in May her family never went on Mother's Day excursions like other families, but went to the Mauthausen concentration camp to take part in the memorial event for the victims of National Socialism .

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Single publications

• Snail King. Stories. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2009.
• Whisper songs. Narrative. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2006.
• High water. Stories. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2004.
• One would have to take the time to take a closer look. Franz Kain and the novel "Auf dem Taubenmarkt" Edition philosophical-literary series, Linz 2002.
• Shortness of breath. Novel. Resistance Verlag, Vienna Linz 2001.
• Longing for Tamanrasset. Stories. Resistance Verlag, Linz, Vienna 1999.
• Hg: Not only heaven has cried. Flood stories from Mitterkirchen. Edition History of Homeland, Grünbach 2003.

Anthologies

• Behind the No Man's Land, Edition Sandkorn, Verlag
• History of Homeland 2003; Select Europe: Upper Austria, Wieser Verlag 2005
• Upper Austria exquisite, Wieser 2004
• Near and foreign. An Austrian Reader, Folio Verlag 2005
• The leprechaun of dreams, Picus 2006
• Linz literary, Provincial Library 2007
• Linz erlesen, Wieser 2009
• Linz: Randgeschichten, Picus 2009
• Self-portrait, Edition The Happy Living Room, Vienna 2009

Awards

• 1982 Max-von-der-Grün Prize
• 2003 Book.Prize for shortness of breath
• 2004 Work grant from the Literar-Mechana anniversary fund
• 2004 Book award from the Federal Chancellery for Hohe Wasser
• 2005 scholarship from the province of Upper Austria in the Villa Wittgenstein / Stonborough in Gmunden
• 2006 Austrian Promotion Prize for Literature
• 2007 Culture Prize of the State of Upper Austria for Literature
• 2008 scholarship holder of the canton of Thurgau

Web links

• Short bio with photo (PDF file; 450 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} - ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ Upper Austrian news obituary Eugenie Kain. Retrieved September 15, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Author Eugenie Kain is dead. In: oesterreich.orf.at. January 8, 2010, accessed November 24, 2017 . 
4. ^ Obituary Eugenie Kain KPÖ. Retrieved September 15, 2016 .