Susanne Ayoub

{{Short description|Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker}} thumb|Ayoub in March 2015 '''Susanne Ayoub''' (Arabic: سوزان أيوب; born 1956 in Baghdad) is an Austrian-Iraqi writer, journalist and filmmaker. She is known primarily for her crime novels, such as ''Engelsgift'' (2004), published by Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg, which became an international success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/susanne-ayoub/engelsgift.html|title=Susanne Ayoub Engelsgift|publisher=Perlentaucher.de|access-date=31 March 2015|language=de}}</ref> The substance of her work often draws upon real experiences of women and then processed as fiction.

In 2014, Ayoub won the Karl Renner Prize in radio for the "Hörbild" presentation of "Prinzessin Vukobrankovics. Die drei Leben der Elisabeth Thury".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://derstandard.at/2000008957121/Renner-Preis-fuer-Esther-Mitterstieler-undErich-Moechel|title=Renner-Preis für Esther Mitterstieler und Erich Moechel|date=3 December 2014|publisher=derStandard.at|access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://oe1.orf.at/featureauszeichnungen|title=Auszeichnungen Weltbestes Radio|publisher=ORF.at|access-date=31 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172110/http://oe1.orf.at/featureauszeichnungen|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://oe1.orf.at/programm/363635|title=Prinzessin Vukobrankovics. Die drei Leben der Elisabeth Thury|publisher=ORF.at|date=15 February 2014}}</ref>

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