Margarita Kinstner

Margarita Kinstner (* 1976 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .

Life

Margarita Kinstner grew up in Vienna. After the AHS Matura, she completed her training as a kindergarten teacher and worked for 15 years as a kindergarten and after-school teacher. From 2009 to 2013 she was co-organizer of “Anno Literatur Sonntag ALSO”, from 2010 to 2013 part of the Viennese reading stage “Noch Dichter”. In 2013 her widely acclaimed debut novel Mittelstadtrauschen was published . In 2014 her first play The Fall of the Seagull premiered at the Styraburg Festival Steyr , followed by performances in Graz, Vienna, Linz and Ried. In 2018 her third novel, "Papaverweg 6", was published, which was awarded the Steiermärkische Sparkasse's literary prize "Schreiberei".

Margarita Kinstner is a member of the Graz authors' collective GRAUKO and a member of the editorial team of the literary magazine & Radieschen . Today the author lives in Graz .

Works

Mid-town noise. Novel. Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-552-06226-9 .
- Mid-town noise. Audio book. Voiced by Andrea Sawatzki . Audiobook Hamburg, Hamburg 2013, 5 CDs. ISBN 978-3-89903-880-4 .
The butterfly catcher. Novel. Deuticke Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-552-06294-8 .
Papaverweg 6th novel. Leykam Verlag, Graz 2018, ISBN 978-3-701-18106-3 .
The fall of the seagull. Play for 2 people. World premiere in 2014 in the Alten Theater Steyr

Awards and grants

2013: Artist in Residence fellowship in Judenburg
2014: Invitation to the "Festival of the European Debut Novel" in Kiel
2014: Shortlist Rauris Literature Prize
2014: Shortlist Alpha Literature Prize
2015: Theodor Körner Prize for Literature
2016: Writer in Residence fellowship in Pècs (Hungary)
2018: Literature award "Schreiberei" of the Steiermärkische Sparkasse for "Papaverweg 6"
2019: Writer in Residence fellowship in Pančevo (Serbia)

Web links

Official homepage of Margarita Kinstner
Literature by Margarita Kinstner in the German National Library
Author profile of Margarita Kinstner at Deuticke Verlag
Love and death in Vienna. In: Wiener Zeitung of November 14, 2013
Haunted in no man's land In: Der Standard , August 28, 2015
Marga's magazine
Reading tip: Margas Magazin published in Grünschnabel , December 19, 2013

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Kinstner, Margarita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

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