Katharina Riese

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Katharina Riese (born May 4, 1946 as Katharina Brenner in Linz / Danube ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Katharina Riese grew up in Linz, where she graduated from high school in 1964 . Then she moved to Vienna . She studied folklore and art history at the universities in Vienna and Basel . In 1981 she received her doctorate from the University of Vienna with a thesis on folklore and became a doctor of philosophy . She carried out various professional activities; She was also active as a writer and journalist and was active in the Viennese women's movement , particularly as part of a women's theater project. In the 1990s, the author's main interests were radio art and Austrian dialect literature . Today Riese lives as a freelance writer in Vienna.

The author is the author of short stories , reviews , plays and radio plays .

Katharina Riese is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly , the IG Authors Authors and the " Austrian Dialect Authors and Archives " association. She received u. a. The following awards: 1986 the Theodor-Körner-Förderpreis , 1989 an Austrian State Scholarship for Literature and 1993 the Literature Prize of the City of Vienna . In 1994 Riese took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .

Works

  • Abortion in folk medicine , Vienna 1980 (dissertation)
  • In whose garden does the fruit of the body grow? The ban on abortion and other paternalism. Thoughts on the contradictions in the generation business , Wiener Frauenverlag. Women's Research Volume 2, Vienna 1983
  • Self-portrait with a pigeon. Stories , Turin + Kant, Vienna 1995
  • The papa comes for the second time. Satires and other stories , Grosser Verlag, Linz 1996
  • The Making of Vienna. Literary city guides through Vienna , Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2003
  • Vilma marries her granddaughter , Sonderzahl Verlag, Vienna 2010
  • Course through body and terrain. From scene to scene , Sonderzahl Verlag, Vienna 2017

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personal data
SURNAME Giant, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz