Selma Mahlknecht

Selma Mahlknecht (2018)

Selma Mahlknecht (born March 21, 1979 in Meran , South Tyrol ) is an Italian writer , screenwriter , director , dramaturge and songwriter . She lives in Zernez in Switzerland and works at the Academia Engiadina in Samedan as well as in adult education and theater .

Life

Mahlknecht grew up in Plaus in Vinschgau. She attended secondary school in Naturns and the humanistic grammar school in Meran . She then completed the "Dramaturgy and Screenplay" course at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

Mahlknecht is married to the Italian historian Kurt Gritsch . The couple also perform together as a cabaret and singing duo.

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In 2003 Mahlknecht published her first volume of short stories , Ausgebbruch , followed by the world premiere of her first play Ex by the United Theaters of Bolzano in 2004 . From 2009 Mahlknecht was involved in various South Tyrolean folk theaters and wrote and staged numerous plays, some of them in the South Tyrolean dialect . In March 2009 Mahlknecht published her first novel with the title Nothing happened . In 2010 the historical novel Helena followed , which was awarded the Sir Walter Scott Prize for the best historical novel in German. The play XUNTHAIT was also produced and broadcast as a radio play by RAI Südtirol in 2011 .

Since 2012 she has been writing regularly for the print edition of the Südtiroler Wirtschaftszeitung , since 2014 for the online magazine Telepolis and since 2017 for the online portal barfuss.it .

At the beginning of 2020 it was announced that Mahlknecht would write her own play for the 800th anniversary of the Austrian municipality of Serfaus and also work as a town clerk. The play is to be performed by Serfaus citizens in September 2020.

literature

Broke out. Stories. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2003, ISBN 88-7283-187-3 .
Live pink. Prose. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2004, ISBN 88-7283-213-6 .
In the cocoon. Narrative. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2007, ISBN 978-88-7283-282-0 .
with Kurt Gritsch and Hans Perting : Schlarapfelland. Provincial publishing house, Bressanone 2007, ISBN 978-88-88118-48-2 .
Nothing happened. Novel. Edition Raetia, Bozen 2009. ISBN 978-88-7283-335-3 .
- Ingen fara . Swedish translation of the novel. Bokförlaget Thorén & Lindskog, Malmö 2010, ISBN 978-9197-8106-54 .
Helena. Novel . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2010, ISBN 978-88-7283-384-1 .
- Helena . Audiobook for the novel (spoken by the author). Edition Raetia, Bolzano 2015.
with Herbert Rosendorfer : Lunarda. Novel . Edition Laurin, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902719-91-1 .
From the big picture . Stories. Innsbruck Univ. Press, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902866-02-8 .
On the Lebkuchenstraße: bright to cloudy through the Christmas season . Narratives . Edition Raetia, 2013, ISBN 978-8872834688 .
Luba and other little things. Novel . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2016, ISBN 978-88-7283-571-5 .
The Christmas kangaroo . Narratives . Edition Raetia, Bozen 2017, ISBN 978-88-7283-614-9 .

Plays

2004: Ex . United Theaters Bozen and Theater in the old town of Merano (play, direction)
2008: Othello 08 (new production). City Theater Bruneck (direction)
2009: My Tyrol . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2010: XUNTHAIT! . Theater group Kortsch (play, direction)
- 2011: XUNTHAIT! (Radio play). Produced and broadcast by RAI Südtirol
2011: Korea - the path in you . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2012: The fortune cookies . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2013: The princess in crisis . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2014: Our terribly beautiful war . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2017: freedom for Sara. Academia Engiadina (play, direction)
2018: Greetings and kisses from the plural . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)
2019: A lake for St. Prokulus . Volksbühne Naturns (play, direction)

Awards

1998: 1st place in the South Tyrolean savings bank competition in the categories "prose" and "drama"
2001: Grant from the Austrian collecting society Literar-Mechana
2008: Winner of the Ötztal Literature Prize
2008: Appointment as Kitzbühel town clerk
2009: Working grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture
2012: Sir Walter Scott Prize for the novel Helena
2016: Scholarship from the international theater festival " Luaga and Losna "
2020: Appointment as Serfaus city clerk

Web links

Literature by and about Selma Mahlknecht in the catalog of the German National Library
Selma Mahlknecht in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Website from Selma Mahlknecht

Individual evidence

↑ Profile. In: selma-mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
^ Academia Engiadina Samedan: Employees. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ My readings. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ Selma & Kurt: Lost Christmas. In: Südtirol News. Accessed December 10, 2019 (German).
↑ ^a ^b Selma Mahlknecht receives the Sir Walter Scott Prize 2012 for her novel "Helena". In: Histo-Couch.de. November 9, 2012, accessed January 15, 2019 .
↑ We quota women. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ Telepolis. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ Selma Mahlknecht. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ 800 years of Serfaus - A village celebrates all year round. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
↑ My Tyrol. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
↑ XUNTHAIT! In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
↑ Selma Mahlknecht - Language as a connection to the world. In: sunshine.it. September 13, 2011, accessed January 23, 2019 .
↑ The fortune cookies. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
↑ "The Princess in Crisis". October 9, 2013, accessed January 23, 2019 .
↑ Academia Engiadina Samedan: 2017 - Freedom for Sara. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
↑ Theater schedule - theater performances in South Tyrol. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
↑ “A Lake for St. Proculus”. In: Südtirol News. Retrieved October 15, 2019 (German).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Raetia: Selma Mahlknecht - Edition Raetia. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ Town clerk Selma Mahlknecht. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mahlknecht, Selma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian writer, screenwriter and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meran , South Tyrol

[1] Profile. In: selma-mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[2] Academia Engiadina Samedan: Employees. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[3] My readings. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[4] Selma & Kurt: Lost Christmas. In: Südtirol News. Accessed December 10, 2019 (German).

[sir-walter-scott-preis-helena-5] Selma Mahlknecht receives the Sir Walter Scott Prize 2012 for her novel "Helena". In: Histo-Couch.de. November 9, 2012, accessed January 15, 2019 .

[6] We quota women. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[7] Telepolis. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[8] Selma Mahlknecht. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[9] 800 years of Serfaus - A village celebrates all year round. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .

[10] My Tyrol. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .

[11] XUNTHAIT! In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .

[12] Selma Mahlknecht - Language as a connection to the world. In: sunshine.it. September 13, 2011, accessed January 23, 2019 .

[13] The fortune cookies. In: Selma-Mahlknecht.info. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .

[14] "The Princess in Crisis". October 9, 2013, accessed January 23, 2019 .

[15] Academia Engiadina Samedan: 2017 - Freedom for Sara. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .

[16] Theater schedule - theater performances in South Tyrol. Retrieved January 23, 2019 .

[17] “A Lake for St. Proculus”. In: Südtirol News. Retrieved October 15, 2019 (German).

[raetia-autoren-details-18] Raetia: Selma Mahlknecht - Edition Raetia. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[19] Town clerk Selma Mahlknecht. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .