Marlene Streeruwitz (born 28 June 1950) is an Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer.

Biography

Born in

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in 1950, Streeruwitz was raised in a well-to-do family. Her father was a politician and later became mayor. She studied law and

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but interrupted her studies to get married and raise a family. Her divorce triggered her interest in writing, although she did not think of publishing anything for the next 14 years. She gained fame first as the author of the radio play ''Kaiserklamm.Und.Kirchenwirt'' (1989) and even more so when ''Waikiki-Beach'' and ''Sloane Square'' proved extremely successful when staged in Cologne. Streeruwitz has also become known as a poet, reading her own works such as ''Sein. Und Schein. Und Erscheinen'' (1997) and ''Können. Mögen. Dürfen. Sollen. Wollen. Müssen. Lassen'' (1998) in

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and

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Awards

Streeruwitz has received many awards for her work including the

Hermann-Hesse-Preis The Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany in honour of German-born Swiss writer, poet and Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse. The award is presented in Karlsruhe. The prize sum is 15,000 Euros. Previous winners include Martin ...

(2001), Literaturpreis der Stadt Wien (Literature Prize from the City of Vienna, 2001), and the Droste-Preis (2009).

Selected works

* ''New York. New York. Elysian Park'', two plays, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1993, . * ''Verführungen. 3. Folge.'' Frauenjahre, 1996. * ''Sein. Und Schein. Und Erscheinen'', poetry, Tübinger Poetikvorlesungen, 1997. * ''Können. Mögen. Dürfen. Sollen. Wollen. Müssen. Lassen'', poetry, Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen, 1998. * ''Lisa's Liebe'', novel in three parts, 1997. * ''Nachwelt'', novel, 1999. * ''Waikiki Beach. Und andere Orte'', play, Die Theaterstücke, 1999. * ''Majakowskiring'', short story, 2000. * ''Norma Desmond. A Gothic SF-Novel'' 2002. * ''Partygirl,'' novel, 2002. * ''Jessica, 30'', novel, 2004. * ''Morire in Levitate'', short story, 2004. * ''Gegen die tägliche Beleidigung.'' Vorlesungen. 2004. * ''Entfernung'', novel, 2006, . * ''Der Abend nach dem Begräbnis der besten Freundin'', Weissbooks, Frankfurt am Main 2008, . * ''Kreuzungen'', novel, 2008, . * ''Bildgirl. Collagen'', 2009. * ''Ich, Johanna Ey. Roman in 37 Bildtafeln'', 2009. * ''AUF fassung. Ein Videoessay.'' 2010. * ''Das wird mir alles nicht passieren. Wie bleibe ich FeministIn'', 11 stories, 2010. * ''Die Schmerzmacherin'', S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, . * ''Nachkommen'', S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2014, . * ''Die Reise einer jungen Anarchistin in Griechenland''. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2014, . * ''Poetik. Tübinger und Frankfurter Vorlesungen'', Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2014,

References

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