Anna Kim
{{Short description|Austrian writer (born 1977)}}
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| image = Anna Kim - Buchmesse Wien 2022.JPG
| birth_date = {{bda|1977|09|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Daejeon, South Korea
| alma_mater = University of Vienna
| occupation = Writer
| awards = European Union Prize for Literature (2012)
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Anna Kim (born 10 September 1977, in Daejeon) is an Austrian writer.
Biography
Kim was born in Daejeon, South Korea in 1977 but moved to Germany in 1979.{{Cite web |title=Anna Kim |url=http://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/anna-kim |access-date=2019-10-08 |website=EU Prize for Literature}} She received a master's degree in philosophy and theatre studies from the University of Vienna.{{Cite web|url=https://www.literaturport.de/Anna.Kim/|title=Anna Kim - Autorenlexikon|website=www.literaturport.de|access-date=2019-10-08}}
Since 1999, she has regularly published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.
In 2012, Kim was Austria's winner of the European Union Prize for Literature for her second novel, Die gefrorene Zeit (translated in English as Frozen Time). Published in 2008, the novel covers a Kosovar man searching for his missing wife after the end of the Yugoslav wars.
Awards
Kim has received numerous awards and grants:
- 2009: HALMA Scholarship
- 2009: Elias Canetti Scholarship
- 2009: Heinrich Treichl Prize from the Austrian Red Cross
- 2010: Robert Musil Scholarship
- 2012: European Union Prize for Literature for Die gefrorene Zeit (Frozen Time)
- 2017: Artist in Residence at Villa Sträuli in Winterthur
- 2022: Nominated for the German Book Prize (Longlist) for Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child)
- 2022: Nominated for the Austrian Book Prize (Shortlist) for Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child)
- 2023: Awarded the Veza-Canetti-Preis of the city of Viennahttps://buecher.at/veza-canetti-preis-2023-geht-an-wiener-autorin-anna-kim/
Selected works
- Die Bilderspur (The Trace of Pictures, 2004) – novel {{ISBN|3-85420-662-3}}
- Das Sinken ein Bückflug (2006) – poetry collection
- Die gefrorene Zeit (Frozen Time, 2008) – novel {{ISBN|978-3-85420-742-9}}
- Invasionen den Privaten (Invasions of Privacy,{{Cite web|url=https://www.droschl.com/buch/invasionen-des-privaten/|title=Anna Kim, Invasionen den Privaten|website=droschl.com|access-date=2024-07-09}} 2011) – essay {{ISBN| 978-3-85420-781-8}}
- Anatomie einer Nacht (Anatomy of a Night,{{Cite web|url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/rights/book/anna-kim-anatomy-of-a-night-fr-9783518423233|title=Anna Kim, Anatomy of a Night|website=suhrkamp.de|access-date=2024-07-09}} 2012) – novel {{ISBN| 978-3-518-46478-6}}
- Die große Heimkehr (The Great Homecoming,{{Cite web|url=https://granta.com/products/the-great-homecoming/|title=Anna Kim, The Great Homecoming |website=granta.com|access-date=2024-07-09}} 2017) - novel {{ISBN| 978-3-518-46888-3}}
- Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child,{{Cite web|url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/rights/book/anna-kim-story-of-a-child-fr-9783518430569|title=Anna Kim, Story of a Child |website=suhrkamp.de|access-date=2024-07-09}} 2022) - novel {{ISBN| 978-3-518-47364-1}}
References
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Category:Austrian women writers
Category:University of Vienna alumni
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