Sophie Reyer
Sophie Anna Reyer is an Austrian author of multiple theater pieces and publications. She was born in the Alpine capitol of Vienna, Austria in 1984. Reyer discovered her various profound talents in the arts at a young age as a child prodigy,[1] honing her skills as a scriptwriter for children's theatre as well as a composer of classical music.
Career
In 2010, Reyer received both the Master of Arts in Composition/Music Theater as well as her Diploma in Scenic Writing at uniT. In 2018, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Language Arts and a Screenwriter (KHM Cologne).
Her most important prizes include the Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz and the Manuscript Promotion Prize. In 2017, she wrote the theatre texts "vogelglück", "baumleberliebe", "hundpfarrer" and "Anna und der Wulian (Anna and the Wulian)" (publisher: Fischer-Verlag). In 2019 and 2020, she was on the shortlist for the Austria Book Prize with her novels, "Mutter Brennt" and "1431".
Reyer is a lecturer at Pädagogische Hochschule Baden.
Publications (selection)
Reyer's poems have been printed in various literary journals and anthologies. Her texts have been translated into Serbian, Polish and Spanish.
- geh dichte. Lyrikband. Mit Illustrationen von Monika Migl et al. Landeck 2005. ISBN 978-3-901735-17-2
- Vertrocknete Vögel. Leykam, Graz 2008. ISBN 978-3-7011-7639-7
- Baby blue eyes. Ritter, Klagenfurt, Graz, Wien 2008. ISBN 978-3-85415-431-0
- Flug (Spuren). Gedichte. Edition Keiper, Graz 2012. ISBN 978-3-85415-494-5
- Marias. Ein Nekrolog. Ritter Literatur, Klagenfurt 2013. ISBN 978-3-85415-494-5
- Die Erfahrung. SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2013.
- Wortspielhalle. Multimediaprojekt, together with A. J. Weigoni, 2014.[2]
- Anna und der Wulian. Kindertheater. S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 2014.
- Insektizid. Roman. Leykam, Graz 2014. ISBN 978-3-7011-7897-1
- Simon und die Zitterschrecke. Mit Illustrationen von Birgit Scholin. edition lex liszt 12, Oberwart 2015, ISBN 978-3-99016-081-7
- Schläferin. Erzählung. Edition Atelier, Wien 2016. ISBN 978-3-903005-18-1
- Schnee schlafen. Gedichte. Reihe "edition pen", Bd. 63, Löcker Verlag, Wien 2017. ISBN 978-3-85409-851-5
- Schildkrötentage. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2017. ISBN 978-3-7076-0615-7
- Im Monat der Seidenraupe. Eine lyrische Entpuppung. edition lex liszt 12, Oberwart 2017, ISBN 978-3-99016-128-9
- Performanz und Biomacht. Textstrategien im gesellschaftlichen Feld. Passagen Verlag, Wien 2018. ISBN 978-3-7092-0275-3
- Mutter brennt. Edition Keiper, Graz 2019. ISBN 978-3-903144-85-9
- Schräg gegen Wälder gelehnt. Gedichte. Shoebox House Verlag, Hamburg 2019. ISBN 978-3-941120-36-5
- BioMachtBäume. Passagen Verlag, Wien 2019. ISBN 978-3-7092-0364-4
- Vezas Wege. Ein biographischer Roman. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2020. ISBN 978-3-9519842-0-9.
- Corona. Ein Chor. Reihe "vers libre", Bd. 1, hrsg. von Alexandra Bernhardt. Edition Melos, Wien 2020, ISBN 978-3-9519842-4-7.
- 1431. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Wien 2021. ISBN 978-3-7076-0726-0
- Ein Schrei. Meiner. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Wien 2022. ISBN 978-3-7076-0774-1
- Nach den Gesichtern, Edition Melos, Wien 2023. ISBN 978-3-9505384-9-6
- Hexensommer. Eine Dissoziation in drei Leben. Edition Keiper, Graz 2024, ISBN 978-3-903575-11-
Prizes and scholarships (selection)
- 2007: Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz
- 2008: Prize of the Styrian Regional Health Insurance Fund, Scholarship of the City of Graz, Scholarship of the Province of Styria
- 2009: Scholarship stay on the island of Hombroich, Manuskripte-Förderungspreis of the city of Graz, Austrian Start Scholarship
- 2013: Winner at Nah dran - promotion of children's theater plays
- 2013: KUNO essay prize for reference universe.
- 2014: lime lab for the project Wortspielhalle with Andrascz Jaromir Weigoni, Graz.
- 2017 Award of Excellency for her doctoral thesis Performanz und Biomacht (Performance and Biopower)
- 2018 Residency of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
- 2023 Theater Scholarship of the Deutschen Literaturfonds for Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians of Bremen)
References
- Literature by and about Sophie Reyer in the German National Library catalogue
- Sophie Reyer on the website of Ritter Verlag
- Sophie Reyer on Literaturport
External links
- Official website