Paul Divjak

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Paul Divjak (* 1970 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer, artist, cultural scientist and fragrance expert.

Life & Work

Paul Divjak studied at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna. He is transdisciplinary in the fields of literature, film, photography, music, performance, installation and olfactory science. Divjak deals with phenomena of perception, cultural sign systems and questions of individual and collectivized memory.

In addition to his theoretical examination of the subject of fragrances and smells, for example in the essay volume The Smell of the World or in the non-fiction book The Perfumed Man , Paul Divjak designs perfumes (including Wiener von Welten and Wienerin von Welten ) and fragrance installations, among others. a. Last year in Jerusalem in the garden of the Jewish Museum in Hohenems, in the Prater the trees are in bloom again , with which he toured some districts of the city as part of the We Are Vienna Festival 2016, and The Smell of the Moon as part of the exhibition Der Moon for the Natural History Museum Vienna.

Paul Divjak also appears regularly as a columnist. In 2011 and 2012 he wrote the mixed sentence column for the daily newspaper Der Standard together with the cultural journalist Thomas Edlinger . The Urban Legends column appears in the Jewish city magazine WINA .

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • Flair de Parfum 2019
  • Lime Lab Award 2016
  • Austrian State Scholarship for Literature 2009/2010
  • Theodor Körner Prize for Science and Art 2008
  • Austrian Dramatic Scholarship 2006
  • Science grant from the City of Vienna

Works (selection)

  • The perfumed man . Non-fiction. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2020
  • Dardanella . Novel. Ritterverlag , Klagenfurt 2019
  • Preparing for the present . Essay. Edition Atelier , Vienna 2018
  • Rebranding leaflet . Literaturhaus Vienna, 2018
  • Tamagotchi dance music . Prose. Ritterverlag, Klagenfurt 2017
  • The smell of the world . Essay. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2016
  • That was pop . Prose. Ritterverlag, Klagenfurt 2014
  • A ghostly woman's head in dark colors is hidden under a bright green meadow . Ritterverlag, Klagenfurt 2011
  • In the gray lagoon . Czernin Verlag , Vienna 2010
  • Kinsky . Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2007
  • behind the barrier . Ritterverlag, Klagenfurt 2006
  • shadow gap . edition selene, Vienna 2002
  • light hours . edition selene, Vienna 2000
  • iron pear . edition selene, Vienna 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the publisher's website
  2. ↑ Information on the publisher's website
  3. ↑ Information on the museum's website
  4. ↑ Town hall correspondence from April 27, 2016
  5. ↑ Information on Paul Divjak's website
  6. ↑ Texts on the website of the magazine
  7. ↑ Information on the presentation of the Fragrance Star Awards from the Viennese specialist perfumeries
  8. ↑ Information on the Graz Academy website
  9. ↑ Information on the publisher's website
  10. ↑ View on the website of the leaflet
personal data
SURNAME Divjak, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna