Elena Messner reads from Schmerzambulanz, Atelier 2023.
Elena Messner is a writer, critic, editor, translator and academician. She has won a number of prizes and bursaries for her literary and academic work, most recently the Theodor-Körner prize in 2022. Her 2023 novel Schmerzambulanz (The Pain Clinic) has met with critical acclaim and has quickly found a readership in Austria and other German-speaking countries. She teaches at the University of Klagenfurt and works as a researcher at the Department of Slavic Studies, University of Vienna.
Video: Amar Tahirović (Filmed in the darkroom at Photo Cluster, Vienna)
Translation: Mirza Purić
Vienna, 2023
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This project is funded by the MA7, BMKÖS, ÖH, Bezirk Neubau and Bezirk Alsergrund.