Laura Freudenthaler
Austrian writer
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Laura Freudenthaler (born 1984, Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. She studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna.[1] Freudenthaler published a book of short stories titled Der Schädel der Madeleine in 2014. She has also published two novels: Die Königin schweigt[2] (winner of the Förderpreis Bremen Literature Prize in 2018),[3][4] and Geistergeschichte (winner of the EU Literature Prize in 2019).[5][6] The novel Die Königin schweigt was also awarded Best German-Language Debut Novel at the 2018 Festival du premier Roman in Chambéry.[7] In 2020, she was awarded the 3sat Prize (given at the Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt) for Der heißeste Sommer.[3][8]
After staying in France, Freudenthaler lives since 2009 in Vienna.[9][10]
Works
- Freudenthaler, Laura (2014). Der Schädel von Madeleine: Paargeschichten (in German). Salzburg: Müry Salzmann. ISBN 978-3-99014-091-8. OCLC 882903538.
- —— (2017). Die Königin schweigt Roman (in German). Graz: Literaturverlag Droschl. ISBN 978-3-99059-001-0. OCLC 985978719.[11]
- —— (2019). Geistergeschichte. Roman (in German). Graz: Literaturverlag Droschl. ISBN 978-3-99059-025-6. OCLC 1076500001.[12][13]
- —— (28 August 2023). Arson (in German). Salzburg: Jung und Jung. ISBN 978-3-99027-287-9. OCLC 1399400626.
