Anna Weidenholzer | |
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 At the Leipziger bookfair 2013 | |
| Born | 1984 (age 36–37) Linz |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Genre | Journalism, |
Anna Weidenholzer (born 1984) is an Austrian journalist and writer.
Anna Weidenholzer | |
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| At the Leipziger bookfair 2013 | |
| Born | 1984 (age 36–37) Linz |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Genre | Journalism, |
Anna Weidenholzer (born 1984) is an Austrian journalist and writer.
Weidenholzer studied Comparative Literature in Vienna and Wrocław and graduated with a thesis on Bosnia and Herzegovina Intercultural Literature. She worked as a journalist for Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , and since 2010 has been a freelance writer. In 2012 she was writer in residence at Kitzbuhel.
Her first book Der Platz des Hundes (2010) was nominated for the European debut novel festival in Kiel. In 2013, her book Der Winter tut den Fischen gut was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize, and she was awarded the Reinhard Priessnitz Prize. [1]
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| External video | |
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 FNL 2015: A Literary Brunch Part 1: Introduction & Anna Weidenholzer, 31 March 2015, Deutsches Haus at NYU | |
| Videolesung von Anna Weidenholzer im Residenz Verlag |
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