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Susanne Scholl (born 19 September 1949) is an Austrian journalist, writer and ''doyenne'' of the
Born in Vienna, Scholl is the daughter of an assimilated Austrian-Jewish medical family, whose tragic fate she dealt with in her novel ''Elsa's Grandfathers''. Her father came from , her mother from Leopoldstadt. They had met at the "Austrian Center" in emigration in London, and returned to Vienna in 1947 to help build communism in Austria.
Scholl embarked on her educational path with doctoral studies in
Scholl awarded 2020 Ferdinand Berger Prize''
on '' Salzburger Nachrichten'' from 30 October 2020, retrieved 4 september 2021. In 2021, she was awarded the .
foreign correspondent
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s of the ORF
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Life and career
Born in Vienna, Scholl is the daughter of an assimilated Austrian-Jewish medical family, whose tragic fate she dealt with in her novel ''Elsa's Grandfathers''. Her father came from , her mother from Leopoldstadt. They had met at the "Austrian Center" in emigration in London, and returned to Vienna in 1947 to help build communism in Austria.
Scholl embarked on her educational path with doctoral studies in Slavic Studies
Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was prim ...
in Russia and Rome, which she completed in Rome in 1972. Journalistically, she worked for Radio Österreich International (ROI) and the Austria Press Agency, from where she was recruited by Paul Lendvai
Paul Lendvai (born Lendvai Pál on August 24, 1929) is a Hungarian-born Austrian journalist. He moved to Austria in 1957, where he works as an author and journalist.
Biography
Lendvai was born on August 24, 1929, in Budapest to Jewish parent ...
in 1986 to the pioneering team of the new ORF Eastern Europe editorial department.
In 1989, Scholl went to Bonn as a correspondent for the ORF, and in 1991 she moved to Moscow. From 1997 to 2000, she headed the ''Europajournal'' on ORF radio at the Vienna headquarters, before returning to Moscow. Her temporary arrest by the Russian authorities while reporting from Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
caused a sensation.
The mother of a pair of twins born in 1983 has emerged as a book author - ''Russian Diary'', ''Moscow Kitchen Talks'', ''Elsa's Grandfathers'' (novel), ''Natasha's Winter'' (stories), ''Journey to Karaganda'' (novel), ''Daughters of War - Survival in Chechnya'', ''Red as Love'' (poems), ''Russia with and without a Soul'', ''Russian Winter Journey'' (poems), ''Alone at Home'', ''The Queen of Sheba'' (short story), ''Waking Dream'' (novel).
Together with Monika Salzer
Monika Salzer (born 11 February 1948) is an Austrian psychotherapist, Protestant theologian and pastor, columnist, and author. She worked in hospitals handling clinical pastoral care for the seriously ill, including the education of voluntary ca ...
, she founded the platform Omas gegen Rechts
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.
The author was her grandfather.
Publications
* ''Russisches Tagebuch'' * ''Moskauer Küchengespräche''. * ''Elsas Großväter'' (novel), * ''Nataschas Winter'' (tales) * ''Reise nach Karaganda'' (novel) * ''Töchter des Krieges – Überleben in Tschetschenien'' * ''Rot wie die Liebe'' (poems) * ''Russland mit und ohne Seele'' * ''Russische Winterreise'' (tales) * ''Allein zu Hause'' * ''Die Königin von Saba'' (tales) * ''Emma schweigt.'' , 2014, . * ''Warten auf Gianni'' (novel). Residenz Verlag, 2016, . * ''Wachtraum'' (novel), Residenz Verlag, 2017, . * ''Die Damen des Hauses'', Residenz Verlag, 2019, .Awards
Scholl was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and numerous prizes, such as the Axel Corti Prize of the Austrian National Education in 2007 and the Concordia Prize of the Presseclub Concordia. In 2009 she was Journalist of the Year in the category ''Foreign Policy''. In 2012, she was awarded the Lifetime Award. In November 2012, she received the . On 29 October 2020, she was awarded the 2020 Ferdinand Berger Prize by the Austrian Documentation Archive at Vienna City Hall.on '' Salzburger Nachrichten'' from 30 October 2020, retrieved 4 september 2021. In 2021, she was awarded the .
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scholl, Susanne Activists against antisemitism Austrian anti-racism activists Austrian women activists Austrian women television presenters Opposition to antisemitism in Austria Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1949 births Living people Writers from Vienna