Cornelia Travnicek

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Born 1987 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria. Studied Sinology and Computer Science at the University of Vienna. Researcher and Project Manager in the Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization. Author and translator of short Chinese prose and poetry. She has received numerous awards for her literary works, her debut novel Chucks (DVA 2012) was filmed in Austria in 2015 (DOR Film).

Texts by Cornelia Travnicek have been translated into the following languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Estonian, Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese.

Prizes, Awards (selection):

• 2007 Hans Weigel Literary Scholarship (Federal Republic of Lower Austria)
• 2008 Theodor Körner Sponsorship Award
• 2009 Lise Meitner Literature Prize
• 2012 Audience Award at the Days of German Language Literature in Klagenfurt

Books:

• Aurora Borealis. Nine prose pieces from three years: Bibliothek der Provinz (edition linz), 2008. Limited edition 300 copies.
• Die Asche meiner Schwester (The Ashes of my Sister) o. O.: Literaturedition Niederösterreich, o. J. (2008).
• "spannung spiel und schokolade" (live play and chocolate). color offset lithographs by iris andraschek. running texts by cornelia travnicek. Horn: Eition Thurnhof, 2008.
• Fütter mich. (Feed Me) Prosa. Innsbruck: Skarabaeus: 2009.
• Chucks. Novel. Munich: DVA, 2012.
• Wir leben im Nordlicht. Short stories. eBook (epub), DVA, 2014
• mindestens einen der weißen wale. Poems. Horn: Berger, 2015.
• Junge Hunde. (Young Dogs) Novel. Munich: DVA, 2015.
• Parablüh. Monologe mit Silvia. Innsbruck: Limbus Verlag, 2017.
• Feenstaub. (Fairy Dust) Novel. Picus Verlag, 2020.

Website: www.corneliatravnicek.com

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