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Tanja Paar (born October 15, 1970 in Graz ) is an Austrian journalist and writer .

Life

Tanja Paar grew up in Graz, where she also completed her school education. In 1989 she began studying German , history and philosophy at the Karl Franzens University in Graz , and from the same year she worked as a freelancer for the daily newspaper Neue Zeit . In 1993 she moved to the University of Vienna and began her freelance work in the cultural department of the Viennese city newspaper Falter . After a year abroad in Switzerland at the Université de Lausanne , she completed her diploma studies.

In 1998/99 she completed the "Editorial Course for Magazine Journalism" at the news magazine Profil . In the same year she switched to the daily newspaper Der Standard , where she worked as an editor until 2013. She has been working as a freelance writer and writer since 2014. Her debut novel Die Unversehrten was released in February 2018 , and it was included on the ORF best list in April and May 2018 . The book was reviewed in numerous media in Austria and Germany.

Tanja Paar is a member of the Graz authors' assembly .

Awards

  • 2011: Journalist of the Year : Special prize together with Mirjam Harmtodt for the print / online collaboration
  • 2015: Media lioness: together with Beate Hausbichler for the series Große Töchter
  • 2016: Working grant from the BKA Art and Culture and achensee.literatour grant for the novel Die Unversehrten

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF best list April 2018. Accessed on July 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ ORF best list May 2018. Retrieved on July 30, 2018 .
  3. ^ Review of the Literaturhaus Wien. April 8, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ SWR2 Worth Reading: New Literature from Austria. April 15, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
  5. ^ Membership page at the GAV. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Print and online prize: derStandard.at bloggers honored - derStandard.at. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Image: Award for “The most brazen tax lie”, gold for Kathrin Zechner and a lion for dieStandard.at . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on July 30, 2018]).
  8. ↑ fjum_forum journalism and media vienna: wall object with journalism and media. October 2, 2014, accessed July 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Couple, Tanja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz