Dorothea Macheiner

Dorothea Macheiner (b. 21 March 1943 as Dorothea Hummelbrunner in Linz) is an Austrian writer.

Life Dorothea Macheiner grew up in Steinbach am Attersee. She studied theology and German philology. Several travels led her to the Mediterranean, Sardinia and Tunisia. In 1979, she participated at the literature award Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerb in Klagenfurt. She lives in Salzburg and Vienna.

Dorothea Macheiner writes novels, essays, poetry, drama and radio plays.

She is member of the writers' associations Grazer Autorenversammlung and IG Autorinnen Autoren. She received several subsidies for literature from the Austrian government and the city of Salzburg.

Works Splitter, Baden bei Wien 1981 Puppenspiele, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1982 Das Jahr der weisen Affen, Vienna 1988 Sonnenskarabäus, Vienna 1993 Nixenfall, Vienna 1996 Yvonne, Vienna 2001 Ravenna, Rom, Damaskus ..., Vienna 2004 Stimmen, Gosau 2006