Eva Schörkhuber

Eva Schörkhuber (* 1982 in St. Pölten ) is an Austrian author.

Life

Eva Schörkhuber studied German and comparative literature in Vienna and Marseille . In addition to teaching in Oran and Algiers , she is editor, lecturer, dramaturge, author and lecturer. She also works for textfeld südost - the literary platform organizes u. a. the Viennese sound walks and the literature festival "Sommerloch". She is also an editorial member of PS - Political Writing / Comments on the Literature Industry . Your dissertation deals with the term archive in Central European literature.

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Schörkhuber's novel Quicksilbertage (2014), which is set in Vienna, is about the entanglements of the past, present and future. The narrator, in their early thirties, who no longer wants to belong to the Praktikum generation, thinks about what life as a paper cut would look like, with all the cuts in it and the notches of cold times; it would have done its work according to a certain pattern. The narrating authority cannot do anything with its past, has not been able to find access to it. In search of the present and the past, her own as well as the country, she wants to change her perspective and no longer simply accept anything. What else would you expect?

The literary critic Christian Schacherreiter said in a review that appeared in the Salzburger Nachrichten that Eva Schörkhuber presented a novel called Mercury Days, which is impressive due to its outstanding linguistic quality alone. But the subject of the book is also quite explosive.

Her story Die Blickfängerin (2013) gives the word “moment” its double meaning by telling it from the perspective of a woman who makes the gaze of people who live on the margins of society more permanent. She catches glances at video and then assigns them to certain categories. It becomes clear to her that documenting this kind of thing is not a private matter, because distance is broken when people meet, some of whom look through a camera lens and others express themselves politically, for example because they have to express themselves in order not to leave the community being outcast from the middle class, refugees for example. The escape story she experienced herself slowly takes shape after the narrator has started to follow one of the looks outside.

Awards

Book award of the City of Vienna 2015
Theodor Körner Prize 2013
exile literature award 2012

Works (selection)

Message to the Great Bear . Novel. Edition Atelier , Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-903005-27-3
Mercury days . Novel. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2014, ISBN 9783902498960
The eye catcher . Narrative. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2013, ISBN 9783902498816
Publications in magazines and anthologies, e.g. B. The material from which (in: literature exile prices 2012)
Text adaptations for the stage, most recently: The Pain Maker (Director: Alex.Riener, world premiere 2012 at Theater Drachengasse )

Editorships (selection)

Why celebrate. Contributions to 100 years of women's suffrage (together with Elena Messner and Petra Sturm). Edition Atelier, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903005-45-7
From all directions: Karls placements (together with Elena Messner and Jenny Dünser). special number , Vienna 2014, ISBN 9783854494300
Daring pavement: Museum quarters (together with Elena Messner and Jenny Dünser). special number, Vienna 2013, ISBN 9783854493990
With all waters: Danube canalization (together with Elena Messner ). special number, Vienna 2012, ISBN 9783854493792