Karin Kathrein

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Karin Kathrein (born June 7, 1938 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist , publicist , cultural critic and theater scholar .

Life

Kathrein completed a degree in theater studies, art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna , where she received her PhD in 1965. phil. PhD. After completing her studies, she initially worked as a director and production assistant as well as a dramaturge. From 1970 to 1988 she was culture editor and from 1985 head of the press department . This was followed by engagements as head of the culture department at the weekly newspaper Die Ganz Woche , from 1990 to 1993 as editor-in-chief of the magazine Die Bühne and from 1993 to 2001 as culture editor and theater critic for Kurier . Since 2002 she has been working as a freelance author for various book series, journals and magazines, such as text + kritik .

Kathrein is one of the most prominent theater critics in Vienna.

Until 2018 she was chair of the jury for the Nestroy Theater Prize . As part of the 2018 Nestroy Theater Prize , she was awarded an Honorary Nestroy.

Awards

Fonts

  • From antiquity to the present. Mosaic, Munich 1982.
  • From Aeschylus to Botho Strauss. rororo actor. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16296-2 .
  • with Gerard Mortier and Hans Landesmann (eds.) and as an author (drama): Salzburg Festival 1992–2001. The new, unsaid. 3 volumes. Zsolnay, 2001, ISBN 3-552-05170-8 .
  • Julia Schafranek (Ed.): Vienna's English Theater. Against all reason - Against all odds. A theatrical story. With contributions by Karin Kathrein. Deuticke, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-552-06011-1 .
  • Austrian actor. Volume 1: From the old Viennese Volkstheater to the middle of the 20th century. Springer, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-211-25248-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Badge of Honor for Kathrein, Haschek and Haindl , APA-OTS , 1999. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Jury members NESTROY 2009 and 2010 . Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ Kurier: Nestroy 2018: Acting Awards for Peters, Simonischek, Lyssewski . Article dated November 17, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Better theory than practice: theater critic Karin Kathrein turns 80 . Article dated June 4, 2018, accessed November 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kathrein, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist, publicist, cultural critic and theater scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna