Susanne Ayoub (born 1956 in Baghdad) is an Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is known primarily for her crime novels, such as '' Engelsgift'' (2004), published by

Hoffmann und Campe Hoffmann is a German surname. People A * Albert Hoffmann (1846–1924), German horticulturist * Alexander Hoffmann (born 1975), German politician *Arthur Hoffmann (politician) (1857–1927), Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Coun ...

in Hamburg, which became an international success. The substance of her work often draws upon real experiences of women and then processed as fiction. In 2014, Ayoub won the

Karl Renner Prize The Karl Renner Prize, established on the occasion of the Austrian Federal President Karl Renner’s 80th birthday by the city of Vienna, is awarded to individuals or groups in recognition of merits for Vienna and Austria in cultural, social as we ...

in radio for the "Hörbild" presentation of "Prinzessin Vukobrankovics. Die drei Leben der Elisabeth Thury".

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Austrian women writers 1956 births Living people Writers from Baghdad Iraqi women writers Iraqi writers {{Austria-writer-stub