Anna Kim
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Born10 September 1977
Daejeon, South Korea
AlmamaterUniversity of Vienna
OccupationWriter
AwardsEuropean Union Prize for Literature (2012)
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| Born | 10 September 1977 Daejeon, South Korea |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Awards | European Union Prize for Literature (2012) |
Anna Kim (born 10 September 1977, in Daejeon) is an Austrian writer.
Kim was born in Daejeon, South Korea in 1977 but moved to Germany in 1979.[1] She received a master's degree in philosophy and theatre studies from the University of Vienna.[2]
Since 1999, she has regularly published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.[2]
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.[1]
Kim lives in Vienna.[1]
