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The authors of wiener wortstaetten
Season 2008/2009
Ana Bilic
Born in Zagreb in 1962, she has been living in Vienna since the ‘90s. She writes prose, poetry and plays and also works as a literary translator.
2007 first prize at the Festival of story-telling “Pricigin” in Split for her short story “Am anderen Ufer der Erfolg”
2008 winner of the dramatists’-competition “schreiben zwischen den kulturen” (“writing between cultures”) founded by the wiener wortstaetten for her play “Glück auf, Ausländer!”
Seher Cakir
Born in Istanbul, she has been living in Vienna since she was twelve. She is a co-founder of the newspaper “Öneri” and also works for Radio Orange.
2005 winner of the literary competition “schreiben zwischen den kulturen”
2007/08 wiener wortstaetten-author (play: „Sevim & Savas oder Liebe und Kampf“
2008/09 recipient of the Austrian state scholarship for literature
Jasmina Eleta
Born in Zurich in 1975, she studied at the local Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, focussing on textiles.
Since 2004 she has been studying at the Vienna Filmacademy (direction and screenplay) under M. Haneke and W. Wippersberg
2007 “Wiens Kultursöldner”, short documentary (director), invited to the Festival Skena-Up 2007 Prishtina/Kosovo
2008 “Fern und Nah”, short film, screenplay nominated for the “spec-script-Award” (Drehbuchwerkstatt Salzburg)
Ursula Knoll
Born in Vienna in 1981, she studied German linguistics/Jewish studies/German as a foreign language in Vienna and Bischkek (Kirgistan)
2004–2005 she took part in the dramatists’ workshop “theater schreiben” of the Vienna Burgtheater under David Spencer and Bernhard Studlar.
2006 she took part in the Young Authors’ Forum of the festival “New plays from Europe” in Wiesbaden.
2006 winner of the short-drama-competition of DramaX, Vienna.
2007/08 Author of the wiener wortstaetten (play: “der weg ins glück”
Rhea Krčmářová
Born in Prag. Left (fled) the ČSSR with her family in 1981. Stateless for 5 years. Austrian citizen since 1986. Theatre studies (not completed), education in classical singing and acting, as well as event and cultural management.
2006 winner of the literature competition “schreiben zwischen den kulturen”
2006/07 Author of the wiener wortstaetten (play: “Reigen reloaded”)
2007 conceptual art project „Schönheit zum Quadrat“ under the auspices of wiener wortstaetten.
In 2008 she took part in the Young Authors’ Forum of the festival “New plays from Europe” in Wiesbaden
www.rhea-art.com
Astrit Alihajdaraj
Born and raised in Istog, Kosovo, he has been living in Vienna since 1996. Acting training in Vienna. Engagements as an actor: Gruppe 80, WUK, Festspiele Reichenau, wiener wortstaetten, Neue Bühne Villach; in film and television e.g. Nordrand, Balkan Traffic, Die Entscheidung, Tonight is Cancelled, Der Täter, Kommissar Rex, Medicopter 117, Soko Wien
Bruno Pellandini
Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, studied History and Film in Zurich. He has been living in Vienna since 1995.
Alongside his work as a writer he is also active as a curator and organiser of film-festivals (e.g. Viennale, Diagonale, Wiener Festwochen)
2005-2008 manager of the Wiener Drehbuchforum
2006 publication of his novel “Malinovskij. Ein Rausch” (Picus, Vienna)
2008 world première of the commissioned play “Bärenjagd” at the Stadttheater St. Gallen.
Season 2007/2008
Seher Cakir
Born in Istanbul, Turkey. Has lived in Vienna from the age of twelve. Cofounder of the bilingual newspaper “Öneri”.
Associate of Radio Orange.
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis „schreiben zwischen den kulturen“ 2005 and the Inzinger Literaturpreis 2007.
Numerous publications in anthologies and magazines.
Ursula Knoll
Born in Vienna in 1981, lives and works there.
Studied German Linguistics, Judaic Studies and German as a foreign language in Vienna and Bischkek (Kyrgyzstan).
2004-2005 participation in the workshop “Theater Schreiben” at the Vienna Burgtheater (David Spencer, Bernhard Studlar)
In 2006 she took part in the festival “New Plays from Europe” in Wiesbaden.
Winner of the short drama competition DRAMA X 2006
Semir Plivac
Born in Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1979. Has lived in Austria since 1992, since 2000 in Graz. Education in Tourism, dropped out of a Psychology degree, working for the Post AG since two years.
Took part in the Retzhofer Literaturpreis 04/05 with the play „Je höher das Gras, je näher die Sense“ and 06/07 with the play „Der Tagstürzer“.
Winner of the „dramatikerInnenpreises“ of wiener wortstaetten within the framework of the literature competition „schreiben zwischen den kulturen“ 2007.
Sina Tahayori
Born in Shiraz, Iran. He came to Vienna as a teenager and later studied Architecture at the Technical University.
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis „schreiben zwischen den kulturen“ 2004 and the Inzinger Literaturpreis 2007.
Numerous publications in anthologies and magazines. Presently Sina Tahayori is working on his first novel.
Season 2006/2007
Rhea Krčmářová
Born in Prague. Left the ČSSR with her family in 1981. Stateless for 5 years. Austrian citizen since 1986. Education in classical singing and acting, as well as event and cultural management.
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis „schreiben zwischen den kulturen“ 2006.
2007 first conceptual art project „Schönheit zum Quadrat“ („Beauty squared“) under the auspices of wiener wortstaetten. Rhea Krčmářová lives and works in Vienna. HYPERLINK “http://www.rhea-art.com” www.rhea-art.com
Julya Rabinowich
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1970. Uprooted in 1977 and repotted in Vienna. Studied at the University for Applied Art in Vienna from 1998 to 2006.
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis „schreiben zwischen den kulturen“ 2003.
Her debut-novel „Abgebissen“ was published in 2008 by edition exil. Lives in Vienna as a freelance painter and writer with her daughter.
Michal Hvorecky
Born in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 1976. His novel „ HYPERLINK “http://www.de.hvorecky.com/knihy” \o “blocked::http://www.de.hvorecky.com/knihy” City: Der unwahrscheinlichste aller Orte“ was his first German language publication (2006), “Slowakisches Institut” is his first play. His novel “Eskorta” was published in German in 2008 by Tropen Verlag, Berlin. Michail Hvorecky lives in Bratislava. HYPERLINK “http://www.hvorecky.com” www.hvorecky.com
Ewald Palmetshofer
Born in 1978 in the Mühlviertel region, Upper Austria. Studied Theatre Studies and German linguistics in Vienna, and later Theology and Philosophy/Psychologie/Pedagogics.
Worked in the social sector for several years.
Works: “sauschneidn” (2005), “helden” (2005), “wohnen. unter glas“ (2006) – all published by S. Fischer. Ewald Palmetshofer lives in Vienna and was the author in residence at the Schauspielhaus Wien in the 07/08 season. HYPERLINK “http://www.ewaldpalmetshofer” www.ewaldpalmetshofer.
Season 2005/2006
Alma Hadzibeganovic
Born in Brcko, North Bosnia.
Came to Vienna in the early 90s as a war refugee.
Studied German Linguistics, Art History and Cultural Science in Vienna and Utrecht (Netherlands).
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis “schreiben zwischen den kulturen” („Writing between cultures“) 1997.
Her book „ilda zuferka rettet die kunst“ was published by edition exil in 2000.
Numerous publications in anthologies and magazines.
Dimitré Dinev
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1968.
Fled to Vienna in 1990. Studied Philosophy, Ethnology and Russian Philology in Vienna.
Winner of the exil-Literaturpreis “schreiben zwischen den kulturen” 2000.
His novel „Engelszungen“ (2003) was a bestseller. As well as short stories, Dinev has also been writing plays since 2005.
“Haut und Himmel”, „Das Haus des Richters“
Anwar Kashlan
Born in Wasserlos, Germany, in 1982.
His mother originally came from Olomouc, Czech Republic, and his father hailed from Syria. His parents met during his father’s medical studies in Prague. They moved to Austria when he was ten years old.
He grew up in Saalfelden and went to the local boarding school.
First play based on the children’s book “Drachen haben nichts zu lachen” (“Dragons have nothing to laugh about”).
From 2004-2007 Anwar Kashlan studied acting at the Schauspielschule Krauss in Vienna.
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wiener wortstaetten is a unique, intercultural author-theatre-project, launched in 2005 by Hans Escher and Bernhard Studlar, which encourages discussion and networking between Austrian and international authors. Centred around authors originating mostly from Eastern Europe who live in Vienna, whose native language is not German but who write in German, an international network should be created over the years to establish an intercultural exchange and a centre for contemporary European drama in Vienna.
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