Ines Birkhan
Ines Birkhan (* 1974 in Vienna ) is an Austrian author , dancer and choreographer .
Life
Ines Birkhan studied sculpture under Alfred Hrdlicka and Gerda Fassel at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . She later studied dance and choreography at the School For New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam . Since 2001 she has been working as a freelance choreographer and dancer and co-director of the dance company Real Dance Super Sentai .
Since 2005 she has also been active as an author; Among other things, she published short stories in literary magazines. Her debut novel “Chrysalis” was published in 2009, followed in 2012 with Angel Meat. Rejects her second novel. In 2014 she was awarded a Theodor Körner Prize for her novel project Stein . In 2019 she was invited to the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition by Nora Gomringer .
Awards
- 2009/2010: Residency at the Akademie Schloss Solitude
- 2010: START scholarship from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture (BMUKK)
- 2011: Travel grant from the BMUKK
- 2014: Theodor Körner Prize for Art / Literature
- 2015 and 2017: Project grant from the Federal Chancellery (BKA)
- 2019: Nomination for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2019
Publications (selection)
- 2009: Chrysalis , Roman, Praesens-Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7069-0573-2
- 2012: Angel Meat. Rejections , Roman, Neofelis-Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943414-02-8
- 2017: Walk through the forest , reading game, edition fabrik.transit, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-9503891-9-7
- 2017: Undead, you divided world , novel, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2017, ISBN 978-3-99028-680-7
Web links
- Official website
- Short biography on the website of the Literaturhaus Wien
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e orf.at: Bachmann Prize - Ines Birkhan . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b c Ines Birkhan: CV . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ a b Theodor Körner Fund> 2014> Excellent work . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ Literaturhaus: Ines Birkhan . Retrieved May 9, 2019.
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SURNAME | Birkhan, Ines |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author, dancer and choreographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |