Cornelia Travnicek (born 1987 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria) is an Austrian writer who has published several books and stories.

Life

Travnicek lives in

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. She studied

Sinology Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to th ...

and

Informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems, especially those for data storage and retrieval. According to ACM ''Europe and'' ''Informatics Europe'', informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which ...

at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

and works part-time as a researcher for the VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung. Some of her work has been translated to English, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Serbian. She is represented by the Simon Literary Agency.

List of works

* ''Chucks'' - 2012 , * ''Fütter mich (Feed me)'' - 2009. , * ''Die Asche meiner Schwester (The ashes of my sister)'' - 2008 * ''Aurora Borealis'' - 2008 , * ''spannung spiel und schokolade'' (live play and chocolate) - 2008 * ''Junge Hunde'' (young dogs) - 2015

Awards

* Recognition Award of the State of Lower Austria (Category Literature) 2012 * Audience Award at the German Literature Days 2012 * Lise-Meitner Literature Prize 2009 * 3rd Place at FM4 wording 2009 * Theodor-Körner Award 2008 * Marlen Haushofer Prize 2007 * Hans Weigel Literature Scholarship for 2006/2007 * Youngster of Arts award from the city of St. Pölten 2006 * 2nd Place at FM4 wording 2006 * Prize for young writers at "writing between cultures" club-exile 2005 * "Marianne von Willemer" Award - Literature Prize 2005 * Audience Award at Hattinger Award for Young Literature 2004

Life

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