Tabea Steiner

Tabea Steiner (born September 9, 1981 in Altishausen ) is a Swiss Germanist , literary educator and author .

Life

Tabea Steiner grew up on a farm in Eastern Switzerland . She trained as a primary school teacher and studied German and history at the University of Bern from 2004 to 2016 .

Steiner has been involved in literature mediation since 2004 . She organizes and moderates readings and is, among other things, the initiator and member of the management of the Thun Literature Festival, which is organized by the "Project Literaare". From 2007 to 2016 she organized the literatour tour of the cantonal Bern literary award winners , and from 2009 to 2011 the series of events called Kleist in Thun . In 2014 she was co-curator of the Bern Reading Festival Aprillen.

Steiner was a member of the Literature Commission of the Canton of Bern and a member of the jury for the OpenNet writing competition at the Solothurn Literature Days . Since 2016 she has been a member of the Swiss Literature Awards , the Federal Jury for Literature.

In her first novel, Balg , Steiner tells of a childhood in the country. The work, published in spring 2019, was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize.

Tabea Steiner lives and works in Zurich . She is a member of the RAUF authors' collective.

Awards and grants

2019: Shortlist Swiss Book Prize , with the novel Balg
2019: Scholarship for Literary Colloquium Berlin LCB
2017: Culture Prize Canton Thurgau
2017: Special Prize for the Literature Commission City of Bern for the Aprillen Reading Festival
2017: Funding contribution from the Canton of Thurgau
2015: Contribution to the cultural foundation of the Canton of Thurgau
2014: Artist in Residence Swiss City Conference, Genoa
2011: Scholarship for Literary Colloquium Berlin LCB
2009: Literature Prize for International Lake Constance Conference IBK , Short Stories section
2008: Binz 39 Foundation grant
2007: Mediation Prize Kulturstreuer of the City of Thun , for the literary project "Literaare"

Works

Single publications

Bellows. Novel. Book reading edition, Lucerne 2019, ISBN 978-3-906907-19-2 .

Texts (selection)

Erika Burkart, 1922–2010, An appeal! All children will forget everything. In: factory newspaper. Zurich 2019.
55 Sienna Street. Counter-spell platform. 2019.
Little men, please count! Swiss book year. Zurich 2019.
The fantasy is also autobiographical. In: Culture tip. Zurich 2019.
Photographs. In: Miromente . Bregenz 2019.
zimmli cool. Culture pointer of the city of Thun . 2018.
Bar 63. The bar. Literature in the Schwärzler. 2018.
Windows on three sides. V # 33. Literature Vorarlberg . 2017.
Extract from Das Dorf (working title). In: Bella triste , magazine for young literature. Special edition Prosanova. 2017.
Heidi can use what she has learned . In: Viceversa literature , 10th year book of Swiss literatures. 2016.
Extract from wool hats . In: Language in the Technical Age . 201. 2012

Jury activities

Swiss Literature Awards , Federal Jury for Literature (since 2016)
Solothurn Literature Days, OpenNet competition (2013 to 2016)
Literature Commission Canton Bern (2007 to 2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Jungfrau Zeitung: The jump into the spotlight. February 27, 2019, accessed May 21, 2020 .
↑ Federal Office of Culture: Jury members Swiss literary prizes. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
↑ Martina Läubli: When a child slips away from its parents. In: NZZ am Sonntag . Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
↑ Mirjam Comtesse: Once a problem child, always a problem child . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).
↑ Strong "bellows" . In: Berner Zeitung . ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).
^ Celine Graf: Rebellious children are sympathetic to author Tabea Steiner. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
↑ Swiss Book Prize announces the five nominees . In: Berner Zeitung . ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).
↑ Swiss Book Prize: An Interview with Tabea Steiner. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
↑ The City of Bern's Literature Commission awards awards. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
↑ Tabea Steiner: Erika Burkart, 1922-2010. A call! All children will forget everything. In: factory newspaper. June 1, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German).
^ Tabea Steiner "Sienna Street 55", Counter-Spell Platform. In: literaturblatt.ch. May 29, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
↑ Tabea Steiner: Little men, please count! -. In: Swiss Book Year. May 13, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German).
↑ Tabea Steiner: The fantasy is also autobiographical. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
↑ miromente 55. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 .
↑ zimmli cool | Fixpoetry. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Steiner, Tabea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss author and literary mediator
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altishausen

[1] Jungfrau Zeitung: The jump into the spotlight. February 27, 2019, accessed May 21, 2020 .

[2] Federal Office of Culture: Jury members Swiss literary prizes. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .

[3] Martina Läubli: When a child slips away from its parents. In: NZZ am Sonntag . Retrieved May 21, 2020 .

[4] Mirjam Comtesse: Once a problem child, always a problem child . In: Tages-Anzeiger . ISSN 1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).

[5] Strong "bellows" . In: Berner Zeitung . ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).

[6] Celine Graf: Rebellious children are sympathetic to author Tabea Steiner. In: St. Galler Tagblatt . Retrieved May 21, 2020 .

[7] Swiss Book Prize announces the five nominees . In: Berner Zeitung . ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on May 21, 2020]).

[8] Swiss Book Prize: An Interview with Tabea Steiner. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

[9] The City of Bern's Literature Commission awards awards. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .

[10] Tabea Steiner: Erika Burkart, 1922-2010. A call! All children will forget everything. In: factory newspaper. June 1, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German).

[11] Tabea Steiner "Sienna Street 55", Counter-Spell Platform. In: literaturblatt.ch. May 29, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

[12] Tabea Steiner: Little men, please count! -. In: Swiss Book Year. May 13, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German).

[13] Tabea Steiner: The fantasy is also autobiographical. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

[14] miromente 55. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 .

[15] zimmli cool | Fixpoetry. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .