Verena Mermer

Verena Mermer (* 1984 in St. Egyden am Steinfeld ) is an Austrian author .

Life

After finishing elementary school in Höflein, Verena Mermer attended grammar school in Wiener Neustadt . She then studied German , Romance studies and Indology in Vienna . She worked in Delhi , Baku and Cluj-Napoca .

She initially published her work in anthologies and literary magazines such as kolik and perspektiven . In 2014 she took part in the Wartholz literature competition, where she was one of twelve finalists. In 2015, her debut novel appeared with the voice over the roofs . With the short story Das Rotkehlchen she is represented in the fourth volume of the Viertel -Anthologies Mein Industrieviertel (2017). For excerpts from her second novel Autobus Ultima Speranza (2018), she received, among other things, a START grant for literature in 2014, the exile literature prize for authors with German as a first language in 2016 and a residency grant at the Berlin Literary Colloquium in 2017 .

She lives and works in Vienna.

Publications (selection)

As an author

2015: the voice on the roofs , novel. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7017-4510-4
2018: Autobus ultima Speranza , novel. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg / Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-1699-9

As editor

2018: ... but I liked Marxism better! Memories 1931 to 2001 by Louise Werner, Verlag der Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft , Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-901602-76-4

Awards and nominations

2013: Longlist European Poetry Festival
2014: Wartholz Literature Prize - finalist
2014: START scholarship for literature
2016: Word Games - Audience Award
2016. Vienna Workshop Prize - Special Prize from the City of Vienna
2016: Exile literature prize for authors with German as their first language
2015: Residence grant from the Prague House of Literature for German-speaking authors
2016: Travel grant from the BKA
2017: Residency at the Literary Colloquium Berlin
2017: Gustav-Regulator Promotion Prize
2019: Literature Prize of the European Union - Austria Shortlist for Autobus Ultima Speranza
2019: Prize of the City of Vienna for Literature

Web links

Official website
Verena Mermer on the website of the Residenz Verlag

Individual evidence

↑ Verena Mermer: Bio . Retrieved November 24, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Verena Mermer: Short biography, Literaturhaus Wien . Retrieved November 24, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b ^c NÖN: St. Egyden: Verena Mermer: discovered in competition . Article dated November 24, 2018, accessed November 24, 2018.
^ Residenz Verlag: Verena Mermer . Retrieved November 24, 2018.
↑ Literature Prize of the European Union: the Austria Shortlist . Article dated April 11, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019.
↑ Promotion Prizes of the City of Vienna 2019. August 21, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
↑ Promotion prizes of the City of Vienna 2019 with a large proportion of women. August 21, 2019, accessed August 23, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Mermer, Verena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Egyden am Steinfeld

[bio-1] Verena Mermer: Bio . Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[literaturhaus-2] Verena Mermer: Short biography, Literaturhaus Wien . Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[noen125464826-3] NÖN: St. Egyden: Verena Mermer: discovered in competition . Article dated November 24, 2018, accessed November 24, 2018.

[residenzverlag-4] Residenz Verlag: Verena Mermer . Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[5] Literature Prize of the European Union: the Austria Shortlist . Article dated April 11, 2019, accessed April 11, 2019.

[6] Promotion Prizes of the City of Vienna 2019. August 21, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .

[7] Promotion prizes of the City of Vienna 2019 with a large proportion of women. August 21, 2019, accessed August 23, 2019 .