Anna Kim (born 10 September 1977, in Daejeon) is an Austrian writer.
Biography Kim was born in Daejeon, South Korea in 1977 but moved to Germany in 1979. She received a master's degree in philosophy and theatre studies from the University of Vienna.
Since 1999, she has regularly published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.
In 2012, Kim was Austria's winner of the European Union Prize for Literature for her second novel, Die gefrorene Zeit (translated in English as Frozen Time). Published in 2008, the novel covers a Kosovar man searching for his missing wife after the end of the Yugoslav wars.
Kim lives in Vienna.
Awards Kim has received numerous awards and grants:
2009: HALMA Scholarship 2009: Elias Canetti Scholarship 2009: Heinrich Treichl Prize from the Austrian Red Cross 2010: Robert Musil Scholarship 2012: European Union Prize for Literature for Die gefrorene Zeit (Frozen Time) 2017: Artist in Residence at Villa Sträuli in Winterthur 2022: Nominated for the German Book Prize (Longlist) for Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child) 2022: Nominated for the Austrian Book Prize (Shortlist) for Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child) 2023: Awarded the Veza-Canetti-Preis of the city of Viennahttps://buecher.at/veza-canetti-preis-2023-geht-an-wiener-autorin-anna-kim/
Selected works Die Bilderspur (The Trace of Pictures, 2004) – novel Das Sinken ein Bückflug (2006) – poetry collection Die gefrorene Zeit (Frozen Time, 2008) – novel Invasionen den Privaten (Invasions of Privacy, 2011) – essay Anatomie einer Nacht (Anatomy of a Night, 2012) – novel Die große Heimkehr (The Great Homecoming, 2017) - novel Geschichte eines Kindes (Story of a Child, 2022) - novel
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