Doris Mühringer

Doris Mühringer (18 September 1920 – 26 May 2009) was an Austrian poet, short story writer, and children's writer. She has received a number of awards, and her contributions to Austrian poetry, which both are considered particularly significant. After the war, Mühringer settled in Salzburg, where she made a living translating from English, and taking on secretarial work and proof reading for publishing houses. She met the writer Hans Weigel, who persuaded her to move to Vienna, and became her mentor. In 1954, he published some of her poems in his collection, Stimmen der Gegenwart (Voices from the Present).

Shortly after publication of Stimmen der Gegenwart, she received the Georg Trakl Poetry Award (1954), soon to be followed by the Bertelsmann Poetry Prize (1956). In 2001, she was awarded the Austrian Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Österreichischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis).

A member of the international PEN Club, and of the Austrian PODIUM, she moved in literary circles, took part in open readings, and, in 1969, went on a lecture tour to the United States.

Works 1957 Gedichte I (poetry) 1969 Gedichte II (poetry) 1976 Staub öffnet das Auge. Gedichte III (poetry) 1976 Der Wolf und die sieben Geißlein 1984 Vögel die ohne Schlaf sind. Gedichte IV (poetry) 1985 Tanzen unter dem Netz (short stories) 1989 Das hatten die Ratten vom Schatten (humorous prose) 1995 Reisen wir (selected poems) 1999 Aber jetzt zögerst du (poetry) 2000 Auf der Wiese liegend (for children) 2000 Angesiedelt im Zwischenreich. Achtzig für achtzig 2002 Ausgewählte Gedichte (selected poems for children) 2005 Es verirrt sich die Zeit (complete works)