Michael Stavarič

Michael Stavarič at the Leipzig Book Fair 2009

Michael Stavarič (born January 7, 1972 in Brno ) is an Austrian-Czech writer and translator .

Life

Michael Stavarič came to Austria in 1979 at the age of seven from what was then Czechoslovakia . Initially, the family wanted to emigrate to Canada , but their path ultimately led them to Laa an der Thaya in Lower Austria , where the author attended elementary school, high school and commercial academy.

Stavarič then studied Bohemian Studies and Journalism / Communication Studies at the University of Vienna . In his diploma thesis (1998) he devoted himself to the topic "The language structures of Czech headlines in Mladá fronta Dnes and Blesk - an investigation of the factors influencing newspaper language in Czech print media".

After graduation he worked as Executive Coordinator of the President of the International PEN Club and Secretary of the Czech Ambassador a. D. Jiří Gruša and as a lecturer for inline skating at the Sports University Vienna . He has repeatedly worked as a reviewer for Die Presse and the Viennese city magazine Falter, as well as for various publishers as a reviewer for Czech literature. Numerous publications in various publishers, magazines and anthologies followed.

Michael Stavarič lives today as a freelance writer in Vienna.

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Michael Stavarič (Vienna 2008)

Michael Stavarič's work, which in addition to poems, novels, essays and stories also includes children's books, is characterized by a creative approach to language. The formal examination of the German language is and remains the focal point of his literary work. In his work he repeatedly combines the surreal with the absurd and the grotesque with the ironic.

bibliography

Individual publications

• Wingless. Poems. Edition Va Bene, Klosterneuburg 2000, ISBN 3-85167-098-1 .
• Day's work. Land grab. Awkward. Art project. Verlag Guilty & Red at BoD, Vienna / Norderstedt 2002, ISBN 3-8311-4561-X .
• Europe - a litany. Kookbooks , Idstein 2005, ISBN 3-937445-13-7 .
• stillborn. Novel. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2006, ISBN 3-7017-1440-1 .
• with Renate Habinger : Gaggalagu. Children's book. Kookbooks, Idstein 2006, ISBN 3-937445-21-8 .
• Terminifera. Novel. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7017-1475-9 .
• with Renate Habinger: BieBu. Children's book. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7017-2034-7 .
• Nkaah - experiments on the living object. Prose miniatures. Kookbooks, Idstein 2008, ISBN 978-3-937445-28-1 .
• stillborn. Audio book gel. By Mona Moore. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7017-4002-4 .
• Magma. Novel. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7017-1506-0 .
• Evil games. Novel. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-58240-0 .
• Terminifera. Novel. dtv pocket books, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-13799-7 .
• with Renate Habinger: BieBu. Children's book in a Koranic version. Hanuri Open Education, Seoul 2009, ISBN 978-89-93260-13-7 , ISBN 978-89-93260-27-4 .
• with Renate Habinger: BieBu. Včelikář aneb mravenci nemají o opylování vskutku ani ponětí, children's book in the Czech version. Mladá fronta, Prague 2009, ISBN 978-80-204-1952-1 .
• Dorothee Schwab : The Little Grim Reaper. Children's book. Luftschacht, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902373-55-7 .
• stillborn. Novel. dtv pocket books, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-13915-1 .
• Déjà-vu with Pocahontas. Raritan River. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7076-0326-2 .
• Europe - a litany. 2nd expanded edition. Kookbooks , Idstein 2010, ISBN 978-3-937445-13-7 .
• with Radka Denemarková : Mrtvorozená Eliška Frankensteinová. stillborn in the Czech version. Labyrint, Prague 2010, ISBN 978-80-87260-06-7 .
• Déjà-vu with Pocahontas. E-book, including soundtrack by Cadiz feat. Maja Racki, mcpublish, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902797-07-0 .
• Sometimes I still think with my fingertips. E-book. mcpublish, 2011, ISBN 978-3-902797-10-0 .
• with Renate Habinger: There are lions here. Children's book. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7017-2084-2 .
• Burning days. Novel. CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61265-7 .
• Evil games. Novel. dtv pocket books, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-14035-5 .
• with Deborah Sengl : pinstripe & ink fizz. A bestiary. Haymon, Innsbruck 2011, ISBN 978-3-85218-695-5 .
• with Dorothee Schwab: Gloria after Adam Riese. Children's book. Luftschacht, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902844-15-6 .
• Kingdom of Shadows. Novel. Illustrations by Mari Otberg . Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65389-6 .
• with Christine Ebenthal (Ill.): Mathilda wants to go to the stars. Children's book. NordSüdVerlag, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-314-10264-6 .
• with Ulrike Möltgen (Ill.): Milli Hasenfuß. Children's book. Kunstanstifter Verlag, Mannheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-942795-40-1 .
• The author as a language wanderer. Essay. Special number, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85449-452-2 .
• with Linda Wolfsgruber: When the Magpie King lost his white. Children's book. Kunstanstifter Verlag, Mannheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-942795-47-0 .
• wrapped in an schwoazzn kittl. Poems. Czernin publishing house. Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-7076-0600-3 .
• Gotland. Novel. Luchterhand - Randomhouse, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-630-87543-9 .
• with Ulrike Möltgen (Ill.): The bear with the red head . Children's book. Aracari, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-905945-89-8 . 
• Gotland. Novel. btb-Taschenbuch, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-71750-7 .
• with Stella Dreis: The fear of people . Children's book. Kunstanstifter Verlag, Mannheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-942795-65-4
• Foreign light. Novel. Luchterhand, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-630-87551-4 .
• with Dorothee Schwab: Balthasar Blutberg . Children's book. Luftschacht, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3903081468 .

Translations and editorships (selection)

• Patrik Ouředník : Europeana. A Brief History of Europe in the Twentieth Century. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2003.
• Patrik Ouředník: The year 24. Progymnasma 1965–89. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2003.
• Jiří Gruša : When I promised a feature section. Handbook of dissent and present tense - essays, thoughts and interviews from the years 1964 to 2004. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2004.
• Patrik Ouředník: The Favor of the Hour, 1855. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2007.
• New literature from the Czech Republic. In: clearings . No. 116, Graz 2008.
• Petra Hůlová : Some things will happen. Luchterhand, Munich 2009.
• Marketa Pilatová: We have to be somehow similar. Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten / Salzburg 2010.
• Patrik Ouředník: House of the Barefoot. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2010.
• Petra Hůlová: Taiga station. Luchterhand, Munich 2010.
• Michal Hvorecky: Death on the Danube. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2012.

Scattered publications (selection)

• Red. In: Podium . No. 129, Vienna 2003.
• Poetics. In: clearings . No. 95, Graz 2003.
• Stillbirths. In: Podium. No. 131, Vienna 2004.
• Don't be stupid nigga. In: Podium. No. 133, Vienna 2005.
• Humans - a litany. In: meat. No. 5 Vienna 2006.
• He's just a staunch European. In: Cultural Exchange - Journal for International Perspectives . No. II / 06 Stuttgart 2006.
• Magma. In: BELLA triste . No. 16, Hildesheim 2006.
• Terminifera. In: Catching Voices. Residenz-Verlag 2006.
• Miroslav Tichy (fictional diary). In: Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists. Modern Art Publishing House Nuremberg 2006.
• Cats. In: Ruth Rybarski: 33 ways to love a cat. Residenz-Verlag 2007.
• Icing is happening. In: Gerfried Sperl, Ice Age. Leykam 2007.
• Bad game. In: The best 2007 - Klagenfurt texts. (Anthology of the participants in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition ), Piper 2007.
• Austria, God and the world. In: Kulturvermittlung Steiermark: Halfway to Heaven. Leykam 2007.
• Nkaah. In: Miromente . No. 11, Dornbirn 2008.
• Magma. In: SALT. No. 131 (booklet accompanying the Rauris Literature Days ), Salzburg 2008.
• Magma. In: clearings. No. 113, Graz 2008.
• In the end there was snow. In: Daniela Egger, oysters in the snow and other summer stories. A literary map of Lech-Zürs, Bucher-Verlag, Hohenems 2008.
• Bad game (2). In: Miromente . No. 13, Dornbirn 2008.
• Wording 08. Playful. FM4 literary competition - with a foreword by Michael Stavaric, Luftschacht . Vienna 2008.
• I think. In: see'ya magazine . No. 2, Vienna 2008.
• Porn unplugged. A litany. In: Fabian Burstein , Porno unplugged. A documentary about the Austrian porn industry, Illuminati film 2008.
• Viewing ghost. In: Peter Noever, Anish Kapoor. Shooting into the corner. MAK Vienna / Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2009.
• Geister II. In: Contemporary literature II. Wartholz literature salon, Kral-Verlag, Berndorf 2009.
• The lie. In: BELLA triste . No. 23, Hildesheim 2009.
• Crossing Cultures. In: Carola Mair, Crossing Cultures. A cinematic dialogue between the cultures of Africa and Europe, director / production: Carola Mair, camera / editor: Gerald Hötzeneder, caromax production 2009.
• Cats. In: Postcard stories. ars vivendi publishing house 2009.
• Déjà-vu with Pocahontas. In: Péter Esterházy, light festivals, shadow plays. Chamisso award winners tell, dtv 2009.
• Bilingualism is diversity. In: Fritz Niemann, Wienzeilen. The intercultural anthology, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz 2009.
• About the fall of literature. In: Fabian Burstein, We celebrate downfall. Culture-pessimistic writings, Residenz Verlag 2009.
• Eliška Frankensteinová. In: Revue Labyrint. No. 25-26, Prague 2010.
• Ahoy Grim Reaper. In: 1001 book - the magazine for children's and youth literature. No. 1/2010, Vienna 2010.
• New York - A literary photo tour. In: faq magazine. No. 6, Vienna 2010.
• Pocahontas. In: manuscripts. No. 187, Graz 2010.
• Rome. In: Linda Stift, Allewege. Special edition 2010.
• Dzschemlovka. In: Linda Wolfsgruber, What came on the table. Favorite foods and stories from childhood, Mandelbaum Verlag 2010.
• I love an electric cable. In: Nicolas Mahler, Dick Boss. Air shaft 2010.
• Bestiary. In: literature and criticism . September, Otto Müller Verlag Salzburg 2010.
• Scannborn. according to with Laetizia Praiss, in: BELLA triste . Special edition, Hildesheim 2011.
• Always be good, young man. In: Eva Menasse , Vienna, Kiss the Hand, Modernism. Corso Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2011.
• Bestiary - times as backdrops. In: Poet Shop . Literature magazine No. 11, Leipzig 2011.
• Myself, Marc Quinn. In: Essl Collection, Beauty and Transience. An art reading book, Klosterneuburg 2011.
• Contortionists. In: Lars Claßen, Kartographie der Nacht. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2011.
• The forest. In: Wald - The magazine for outdoors. No. 5, Vienna 2012.
• Prague. In: Jürgen Schütz, Die Großstädter - Man in the focus of the metropolis. Septime Verlag, Vienna 2012.
• With Pocahontas through the Weinviertel. In: Freya Martin, The Somewhat Different Weinviertel. Styria, Vienna 2013.
• What connects me, Tolkien and the Weinviertel. In: ORTE Architecture Network Lower Austria, Architectural Landscape Lower Austria. Springer-Verlag, Vienna 2013.
• Happy homeless. In: Volkskultur Niederösterreich, The Weinviertel - More than idyll. Provincial Library, Weitra 2013.
• Kingdom of Shadows. In: clearings. No. 135, Graz 2013.
• Kingdom of Shadows. In: meat. No. 27 Vienna 2013.
• Brhawahpuppp. In: 1865, 2015 - 150 years of the Vienna Ringstrasse. Metroverlag, Vienna 2014.
• The First World War - A Litany. In: Manfried Bäumensteiner (Ed.): To my people. Amalthea, Vienna 2014.
• Laa an der Thaya. In: Austria Atlas: Literary-photographic explorations from the center of Europe. Young and Young, Salzburg 2014.
• Almost a letter to the Pope. In: Andrea Stift (Ed.): Franziskus our. Literary positions on the Pope. Leykam, Graz 2015.
• Under the emperor. In: Marlen Schachinger (Ed.): Übergrenzen. Septime, Vienna 2015.
• Kafka. In: Franz Kafka: Josefine, the singer or the people of the mice , with etchings by Michaela Weiss, Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2016.
• Reflections, memories and considerations of a newcomer. In: Wolfgang Kühn (Ed.): My Weinviertel. Literature edition Lower Austria, St. Pölten 2016.
• Later I get into next best café ... . In: Alain Barbero & Barbara Rieger (eds.): Melange of poetry. Viennese coffee house moments in black and white . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2017.
• Elisa Frankenstein . In: Wolfgang Paterno (Ed.): The first time. Authors about their first book. Czernin-Verlag, Vienna 2019.

Awards

• 2002: International Poetry Competition Award
• 2003: Literature Prize of the Graz Academy
• 2006: Audience Award of the Word Games Literature Festival
• 2007: Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature for Gaggalagu
• 2007: Book price for stillborn
• 2008: Adelbert von Chamisso Prize for Terminifera
• 2008: Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
• 2008: Project grant for literature from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
• 2008: Work grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation
• 2009: Scholarship from the Max Kade Foundation New York
• 2009: Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature for BieBu
• 2009: Hohenems Literature Prize , together with Agnieszka Piwowarska
• 2009: Wartholz Literature Prize
• 2009: Mira-Lobe scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
• 2009: Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna for BieBu
• 2010: IBBY Honor List ( BieBu )
• 2010: Vienna authors' grant
• 2010: Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna for The Little Grim Reaper
• 2011: Collection for the Austrian State Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature , The Little Grim Reaper
• 2011: Project grant for literature from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
• 2012: Austrian State Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature for Here there are lions
• 2012: IBBY Honor List ( The Little Grim Reaper )
• 2012: Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
• 2013: Luchs (literature prize) in April for Gloria based on Adam Riese
• 2017: German Design Award for Milli Hasenfuß
• 2018: Scholarship from the Dr. Hans Müller and Gertrude Müller, Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg
• 2020: Reading Lenz Prize from the Thumm Foundation for Young Literature

literature

• Renata Cornejo: The foreign and the own. Drafts of cultural identity in the novels of Michael Stavaric. In: Petra Meurer, Martina Ölke, Sabine Wilmes (eds.): Intercultural learning. With articles on German and DaF lessons, on images of 'migrants' in the media and on texts by Özdamar, Trojanow and Zaimoglu. Aisthesis Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-89528-748-0 .
• Brigitte Schwens-Harrant : Arrive. The new is always a chance at home - conversation with Michael Stavaric. In: Brigitte Schwens-Harrant (Ed.): Arrive. Styria Verlag, Vienna / Graz / Klagenfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-222-13467-8 .
• Andrea Bartl and Ina Brendel-Perpina (eds.): Aesthetic transgressions. A literary and didactic development of the work of Michael Stavaric. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8260-6492-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Stavarič in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on the work of Michael Stavarič at Literaturport
• Michael Stavaric in the collection of articles in the Innsbruck newspaper archive
• Portrait on the website of the Bachmann Prize
• Portrait on the website of the Goethe-Institut
• Michael Stavaric at tenseiten.de
• Portrait and interview in literaTOUR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Stavaric - Author Lexicon - Literaturport.de. Retrieved on November 23, 2018 (German). 
2. ↑ Michael Stavaric: The others are normal anyway . In: The press . ( archive.org [accessed August 12, 2019]).
3. ↑ Michael Stavaric: In the meat grinder of history - derStandard.at. Retrieved November 9, 2018 . 
4. ↑ www.sandammeer.at - the virtual literary magazine. Michael Stavaric. Retrieved November 9, 2018 . 
5. ^ Ernst Osterkamp : Michael Stavarič: Kingdom of shadows. The butcher's existence in unhealthy times. [Review.] In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , December 13, 2013, accessed on January 29, 2014.
6. ↑ Anja Hirsch: Michael Stavarič: Kingdom of Shadows The bloody, so bloody craft. [Review.] In: Die Zeit , December 11, 2013, accessed on February 4, 2014.
7. ↑ Daniela Strigl : Michael Stavarič: Kingdom of Shadows The mystery of the blood sausage. [Review.] In: Der Standard , October 19, 2013, accessed on February 4, 2014.
8. ↑ Buch.Preisträger 2007 Michael Stavarič ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 115 kB), Chamber of Labor Upper Austria, jury 2007: Regina Pintar, Elisabeth Vera Rathenböck , Franz Schwabeneder , Johannes Gelich Prize winners 2006.