Monika Wogrolly
Monika Wogrolly (born August 11, 1967 in Graz ) is an Austrian philologist and writer .
After graduating from the Academic Gymnasium in Graz in July 1985, Wogrolly worked as an author and editor at the Leykam publishing house in Graz. 1992 - 1997 she studied philosophy and German philology at the Karl Franzens University in Graz . She wrote a thesis on Martin Heidegger's van Gogh interpretation. Since 1998 she has been a member of the International Society for Philosophical Practice.
From 1998 she completed an apprenticeship as a psychotherapist and worked for a PR agency on the side. 2000–2003 she was involved in an interdisciplinary research project of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research on Brain Death Problems . She has been a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly since 2001. In 2003 she received her doctorate from the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. phil.
Works
- Dive into the air. Short prose. Leykam, Graz 1987, ISBN 3-7011-7179-3 .
- Find my killer. Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-216-30073-0 .
- Into the fire. Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-216-30127-3 .
- The ogre. Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-216-30545-7 .
- Heartless. Novel. Deuticke, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-216-30662-3 .
- Raven roast. Deuticke, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-216-30733-6 .
Scientific publications (selection)
- Brain death: on the practice of the mind-body problem. In: Contribution of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. Metaphysics. Volume VII (2). Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Kirchberg / Wechsel 1999.
- Bioethics and the problem of absolute values. In: Wittgenstein and the future of philosophy. A reassessment after 50 years. Volume IX (2), Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Kirchberg / Wechsel 2001, pp. 391–398.
- People in a vegetative state: people or not? In: Volume X (2), Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Kirchberg / Wechsel 2002.
- Brain death and surroundings. Aspects of power and violence in medicine. In: John D. Pattillo-Hess, Mario R. Smole (Ed.): Power and violence. Löcker-Verlag, Vienna 2003.
- Bioethical dimensions in alpine and altitude medicine . In: Alpine medicine circular. August 29, 2003, p. 22.
- Images of God. Dementia, comatose and brain dead. In: Peter Strasser (ed.): Library of restlessness and preservation. Styria / Pichler-Verlag, Vienna 2004.
Awards
- Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz
- Literature grant from the State of Styria
- Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
- Josef Krainer Scholarship from the State of Styria
- Rome grant from the Federal Chancellery
- Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- Ridge Walk Prize 1997.
- women.art.preis 2004
Web links
- Homepage
- Literature by and about Monika Wogrolly in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wogrolly, Monika |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian philologist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |