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Monika Czernin | |
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 Czernin, 2014 | |
| Born | 18 February 1965 Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Occupation(s) | Author, filmmaker |
| Website | www |
Monika Czernin (born 18 February 1965) is an Austrian writer, screenwriter, actress and film director.
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Monika Czernin | |
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| Czernin, 2014 | |
| Born | 18 February 1965 Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Occupation(s) | Author, filmmaker |
| Website | www |
Monika Czernin (born 18 February 1965) is an Austrian writer, screenwriter, actress and film director.
Czernin studied education, political science, philosophy and journalism at the University of Vienna.[ citation needed ]
In 1999, as a young mother, she published her first educational book Jeder Augenblick ein Staunen. Vom Abenteuer, mit einem Kind zu wachsen (Each Moment a Marvel. On the adventure of growing with a child). After her marriage ended, she published the book Glückliche Scheidungskinder (Happy Children of Divorce, 2003) about children of divorced parents with the Swiss pediatrician Remo H. Largo. [1] In 2011, in cooperation with Largo, she published Jugendjahre. Kinder durch die Pubertät begleiten (Teenage Years. Guiding Children through Puberty) about the problems of adolescents such as computer addiction, school fatigue and binge drinking. [2] [3]
In 2013, she published Marie von Miller: Die Malerin an der Seite Oskar von Millers , a biography of her artist great grandmother. [4] [5]
In 2021, she published her book Der Kaiser reist inkognito: Joseph II. und das Europa der Aufklärung about Emperor Joseph II and his travels around Europe, [6] which ended up seventh on the best books list of Die Welt in May 2021. [7] The emperor Joseph II traveled some 50,000 km during his reign from 1765 and 1790. [8] [9]
Czernin wrote her first documentary, Adel verpflichtet (2000), together with Ernst A. Grandits. The film focused on famous noble families from Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia. [10] Her first docu-fiction followed in 2001: Picassos Friseur, directed together with Breisach. [11]
In 2017, she wrote the screenplay and directed the docu-fiction Universum History – Maria Theresia – Majestät und Mutter about the Austrian Empress Maria Theresia. [12] [13] [14]
She wrote and directed the docu-fiction Universum History Atatürk – The Father of Modern Turkey about Kemal Atatürk, released in 2018. [15]
In 2022, together with Max Jacobi, she directed the docu-fiction Erbe Österreich: Joseph II. – Kaiser und Rebell about the Austrian Emperor Joseph II. [16]
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