Cornelia Travnicek

{{short description|Austrian writer (born 1987)}} {{infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL|caption=Cornelia Travnicek (2023)|birth_date=1987}} '''Cornelia Travnicek''' (born 1987 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria) is an Austrian writer who has published several books and stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://derstandard.at/3253133|title=Ich sage nie, dass ich Schriftsteller bin|publisher=Der Standard|language=German|accessdate=9 August 2011}}</ref>

==Life== Travnicek lives in Lower Austria, Austria. She studied Sinology and Informatics at the University of Vienna and works part-time as a researcher for the VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/4889864/Travnicek_Aufschrauben-reinschauen |title=Travnicek: "Aufschrauben, reinschauen" |publisher=Die Presse |language=de |accessdate=2016-01-08 |date=2015-12-17}}</ref> Some of her work has been translated to English, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Serbian. She is represented by the Simon Literary Agency.

==List of works== * ''Chucks'' - 2012 {{ISBN|9783442747023}}, {{OCLC|869891530}} * ''Fütter mich (Feed me)'' - 2009. {{ISBN|9783709978764}}, {{OCLC|965632504}} * ''Die Asche meiner Schwester (The ashes of my sister)'' - 2008 * ''Aurora Borealis'' - 2008 {{ISBN|9783852528755}}, {{OCLC|228138654}} * ''spannung spiel und schokolade'' (live play and chocolate) - 2008 * ''Junge Hunde'' (young dogs) - 2015

== Awards == * Recognition Award of the State of Lower Austria (Category Literature) 2012 * Audience Award at the German Literature Days 2012 * Lise-Meitner Literature Prize 2009 * 3rd Place at FM4 wording 2009 * Theodor-Körner Award 2008 * Marlen Haushofer Prize 2007 * Hans Weigel Literature Scholarship for 2006/2007 * Youngster of Arts award from the city of St. Pölten 2006 * 2nd Place at FM4 wording 2006 * Prize for young writers at "writing between cultures" club-exile 2005 * "Marianne von Willemer" Award - Literature Prize 2005 * Audience Award at Hattinger Award for Young Literature 2004

==References== {{Reflist}}

==See also== * [http://www.corneliatravnicek.com/ Cornelia Travnicek Official Website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Travnicek, Cornelia}} Category:Austrian women writers Category:Living people Category:1987 births Category:People from Sankt Pölten