Irena Brežná
Irena Brežná (born February 26, 1950 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak - Swiss writer and journalist .
Life
Irena Brežná grew up in Trenčín and graduated from high school in Bratislava. After the crackdown on the Prague Spring , her parents emigrated with her to Switzerland in 1968. In 1975 she completed her studies in Slavic Studies , Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Basel in Switzerland . She then worked as an interpreter for Swiss authorities looking after migrants, as a Russian teacher and at psychological research institutes in Basel and Munich . At the same time, she was involved with Amnesty International and as a women's rights activist in several projects in Guinea, Eastern Europe and Chechnya .
Works (selection)
- 1986: So I came under the Swiss , Slovak fragments
- 1989: The flaky skin
- 1989: Biro and Barbara , children's book
- 1991: Caribbean Ball
- 1996: False Myths. Reports from Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Wall
- 1997: The Sernovodsk Wolves. Reports from Chechnya
- 2003: The collector of souls. On the way in my Europe
- 2008: The Best of All Worlds , novel
- 2010: dandruff
- 2012: The ungrateful stranger , novel. Verlag Galiani, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86971-052-5 .
- 2018: How I was born, at home in the language . Rotpunktverlag , Zurich, ISBN 978-3-85869-795-0
Awards
- 1992: Emma Journalist Prize
- 2000: Zurich Journalism Prize
- 2001: Emma Journalist Prize
- 2002: Theodor Wolff Prize
- 2012: Swiss Literature Prize for the ungrateful foreigner
literature
- Federal Literature Awards. Prize winners 2012, pp. 13–24 and 124, ed. from the Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA, Federal Office of Culture FOC, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9523843-7-4
Web links
Commons : Irena Brežná - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Irena Brežná in the catalog of the German National Library
- Irena Brežná's website
- Entry about Irena Brežná in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Short biography and reviews of works by Irena Brežná at perlentaucher.de
- Entry about Irena Brežná on Literárne informačné centrum ( Slovak )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brežná, Irena |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brezna, Irena |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak-Swiss writer and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bratislava , Czechoslovakia |