Dorothea Macheiner (b. 21 March 1943 as ''Dorothea Hummelbrunner'' in
Linz
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) is an
Austrian
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writer.
Life
Dorothea Macheiner grew up in
Steinbach am Attersee
Steinbach am Attersee is a municipality of the Vöcklabruck district in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is situated in the Hausruckviertel region on the eastern banks of the Attersee (Lake Atter), part of the Salzkammergut area.
History
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. She studied theology and German
philology
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. Several travels led her to the
Mediterranean
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, Sardinia and
Tunisia
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. In 1979, she participated at the literature award
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerb in
Klagenfurt
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. She lives in
Salzburg
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and
Vienna
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Dorothea Macheiner writes novels, essays, poetry, drama and
radio play
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s.
She is member of the writers' associations
Grazer Autorenversammlung
The Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung (GAV) was founded under the name of ''Grazer Autorenversammlung'' in March 1973 and is one of the two major Austrian writers' association (besides the Austrian PEN). H. C. Artmann was its first president. O ...
and
IG Autorinnen Autoren. She received several subsidies for literature from the Austrian government and the city of Salzburg.
Works
* ''Splitter'', Baden bei Wien 1981
* ''Puppenspiele'', Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1982
* ''Das Jahr der weisen Affen'', Vienna 1988
* ''Sonnenskarabäus'', Vienna 1993
* ''Nixenfall'', Vienna 1996
* ''Yvonne'', Vienna 2001
* ''Ravenna, Rom, Damaskus ...'', Vienna 2004
* ''Stimmen'', Gosau 2006
External links
*
Biography, Literaturhaus Salzburg*
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Writers from Linz
1943 births
Living people
Austrian women writers