Olga Flor
Olga Flor (born January 25, 1968 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer .
Life
Olga Flor grew up in Vienna, Cologne and, since 1978, in Graz . She passed the matriculation examination at the Academic Gymnasium in Graz. From 1986 to 1993 she studied physics and art history at the University of Graz and completed her studies with a master's degree . Then she worked in the multimedia field . Flor is a writer of narrative works and plays . Her first novel Erlkönig was published in spring 2002. In 2003 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .
The meat dishes monologue was premiered in 2004 at the Schauspielhaus Graz.
Olga Flor is a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly .
Works
- Elf king. Novel in 64 pictures, Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, Graz 2002, ISBN 3-85489-066-4 .
- Head of the valley. Roman, Paul Zsolnay, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-552-05332-8 .
- Collateral damage. Roman, Paul Zsolnay, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-552-05440-0 .
- The queen is dead. Roman, Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-552-05578-0 .
- Me in yellow. Roman, Jung und Jung, Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-99027-067-7 .
- Lucid dream. Roman, Jung und Jung, Salzburg / Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99027-096-7 .
- Politics of emotion. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-3423-8 .
Awards
- 2001 Literature Prize of the City of Graz
- 2003 Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- 2003 Reinhard Priessnitz Prize
- 2004 Otto Stoessl Prize
- 2006 George Saiko - travel grant
- 2008 collateral damage. Nomination (longlist) for the German Book Prize
- 2011 Elias Canetti Scholarship
- 2011 The Queen is dead. Nomination for the Alfred Döblin Prize
- 2012 Outstanding Artist Award for Literature
- 2012 red maple literature prize
- 2012 Anton Wildgans Prize (awarded October 2013)
- 2014 Veza Canetti Prize of the City of Vienna , laudation from juror Daniela Strigl
- 2017 lucid dream . Shortlist for the Austrian Book Prize
- 2018 Droste Prize of the City of Meersburg
- 2019 Franz Nabl Prize
Web links
Commons : Olga Flor - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Olga Flor in the catalog of the German National Library
- www.olgaflor.at - Olga Flors website
- www.hanser-literaturverlage.de - short biography
- www.jungundjung.at - Olga Flor
- bachmannpreis.orf.at - short biography
- www.lyrikwelt.de - short biography
- www.perlentaucher.de - Book reviews of Olga Flor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sharpness hurts, even he who sees. Excerpt from the laudatory speech by Daniela Strigl, Die Furche, October 2, 2014
- ↑ Olga Flor receives Franz Nabl Prize from Graz. August 7, 2019, accessed August 7, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flor, Olga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |