Marlene Streeruwitz

Marlene Streeruwitz (born 28 June 1950) is an Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer.

[1] Born in Baden bei Wien in 1950, Streeruwitz was raised in a well-to-do family.

Her divorce triggered her interest in writing, although she did not think of publishing anything for the next 14 years.

She gained fame first as the author of the radio play Kaiserklamm.Und.Kirchenwirt (1989) and even more so when Waikiki-Beach and Sloane Square proved extremely successful when staged in Cologne.

[2] Streeruwitz has received many awards for her work including the Hermann-Hesse-Preis (2001), Literaturpreis der Stadt Wien (Literature Prize from the City of Vienna, 2001), and the Droste-Preis (2009).