Michael Stavaric

Born 1972 in Brno, Czech Republic;
Emigrated to Austria in 1979;
Studied Bohemian Languages and Literature and Journalism at the University of Vienna;
Worked for several years as a lecturer at the Vienna University Department of Sport Science;
Lives in Vienna, freelancing as a writer, translator (of Patrik Ourednik and Jiri Grusa among others) and lecturer.
Most recent lectureships: Stefan Zweig poetry chair at the University of Salzburg, literature seminar at the University of Bamberg.

Prizes, awards:

2008 City of Vienna Sponsorship Award
2008 Robert Bosch Foundation Scholarship
2012 Austrian State Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Fiction
2012 Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
2017 German Design Award (for Milli Hasenfuß)
2018 Scholarship of the Müller Foundation, Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg

Books (selection):

Stillborn. Novel. St. Pölten: Residenz, 2006.
Terminifera. Novel. St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residenz, 2007.
Magma. Novel. St. Pölten, Salzburg: Residenz, 2008.
Böse Spiele. Novel. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2009.
Brenntage. Novel. Munich: C. H. Beck, 2011.
Königreich der Schatten. Novel. Munich C. H. Beck, 2013.
Gotland. Novel. Munich: Luchterhand, 2017.
in an schwoazzn kittl gwicklt. Poems. Vienna: Czernin, 2017.
Fremdes Licht (Strange Light). Novel. Munich: Luchterhand, 2020.

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