Eugenie Kain (1 April 1960 – 8 January 2010) was an Austrian writer.[1]

Eugenie Kain
Born(1960-04-01)1 April 1960
Died8 January 2010(2010-01-08) (aged 49)

The daughter of Franz and Margit Kain, she was born in Linz. She studied art history and philosophy at the Catholic Private University Linz and German and Theater Studies in Vienna.[1] From 1984 to 1990, she worked for the newspaper Volksstimme. She helped launch the Linz street paper Kupfermuckn [de] in 1996. From 1999 to 2008, she was a contributor to Radio FRO [de],[2]

In 1982, she was awarded the Max-von-der-Grün-Preis für Literatur [de] for her work and then the Buch.Preis in 2003 for her 2001 novel Atemnot. She was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award für Literatur [de] in 2006. In 2007, she received the Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich for literature.[2][3]

Kain was married to the musician August Maly, who died in 2002.[4]

She was a member of the Communist Party of Austria (KPO) and ran as a KPO candidate for the European Parliament. She also contributed to the leftist newspaper Café KPÖ.[4]

Kain died in Linz at the age of 49 from cancer.[1]

Selected works edit

Source:[2]

  • Sehnsucht nach Tamanrasset, stories (1999)
  • Hohe Wasser, stories (2004)
  • Flüsterlieder, stories (2006)
  • Schneckenkönig, stories (2009)[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Eugenie Kain" (in German). Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz.
  2. ^ a b c "Autorin Eugenie Kain 49-jährig gestorben". derStandard (in German). January 8, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Eugenie Kain". lyrikwelt.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2008-10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. ^ a b "Die KPÖ trauert um Eugenie Kain" (in German). KPÖ Oberösterreich. January 8, 2010.