Elfriede Hammerl

Elfriede Hammerl (born 29 April 1945) is an Austrian journalist and writer from Gumpoldskirchen, near Vienna.

Life

Born in Prebensdorf, Steiermark, Hammerl studied German and theatre studies at the University of Vienna and began her career as a journalist at the .

She has written and continues to write columns for a wide variety of newspapers, journals and magazines (including for Kurier, Stern, Profil, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan).

She has also written plays, cabaret texts, short stories, screenplays and novels.

Hammerl was a co-initiator of the Austrian women's referendum in April 1997, she stood as a candidate in the 1999 Austrian legislative election for the Liberal Forum and was a member of the non-university advisory board of the University of Innsbruck from 2000 to 2002.

Awards 1999 Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik 2002 Wiener Frauenpreis 2003 Concordia-Preis in the Human Rights category 2006 2006 2011 Kurt-Vorhofer-Preis 2011 . 2015 Frauenring-Preis. 2016 Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. 2016 Österreichischer Journalist des Jahres – Award for her life's work. 2017 Käthe Leichter Prize of the Federal Ministry of Health and Women. 2018 Concordia-Preis for her life's work.

Works Das muss gesagt werden Kolumnen. Kremayr & Scheriau 2020, Alte Geschichten: Erzählungen. Kremayr & Scheriau 2018, Von Liebe und Einsamkeit. Kremayr & Scheriau 2016, Hotel Mama – Nesthocker, Nervensägen und Neurosen. Zsolnay 2007, Müde bin ich Känguru – Leben in der Patchwork-Familie. Zsolnay 2006, Der verpasste Mann. Deuticke 2004, Wunderbare Valerie. Deuticke 2003, Mausi oder Das Leben ist ungerecht. Deuticke 2002; TB Piper Steile Typen im Supermarkt / oder Die Hausfrau braucht Herausforderungen. Ueberreuter 1998 Hunde – Kleine Philosophie der Passionen. dtv 1997, Schuldgefühle sind schön. Beobachtungen des Katers Ferdinand. 1992; Neuauflage Deuticke 2003,