About Eva Menasse
Born 1970. Eva Menasse is an Austrian writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer.
Eva Menasse (born 11 May 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature. Menasse had a successful career as a journalist, writing for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt and as a correspondent from Prague and Berlin. She left the paper to write her first novel, Vienna, and now lives and works in Berlin as a freelance author.
Awards 2013 Heinrich-Böll-Preis 2017 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis 2019 Ludwig Börne Prize 2023 Jakob-Wassermann-Literaturpreis
Works Die letzte Märchenprinzessin, (with Elisabeth and Robert Menasse), 1997 Tiere für Fortgeschrittene, short stories, 2017 Gedankenspiele über den Kompromiss, essay, 2020 Geborgen am Busen der Musen. Früher oder später bekommt das Museum uns alle, essay, 2020 Dunkelblum, novel, 2021 (English, Darkenbloom, translated by Charlotte Collins, 2025)
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Austrian writer (novelist, satirist and essayist)
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Eva Menasse was born on 11 May 1970 in Vienna.
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Eva Menasse is a writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer.
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