Elfriede CzurdaElfriede Czurda was born in Wels, Upper Austria and now lives and writes in Vienna after returning to Austria in 2007 from a lengthy period living and working in Berlin since 1980. After studying Art History and Archaeology in Salzburg and Paris, shehas been a freelance writer since 1976. She has spent extended periods as Writer in Residence and Guest Professor in both the USA and Japan. A versatile and innovative artist, her oeuvre encompasses novels, prose collections and prose pieces, volumes of poetry, essays, visual poetry exhibitions, photography and short video works. The quality of her work has been acknowledged over the years by numerous awards, most recently the H.C. Artmann Prize of the City of Vienna (2014) and the Alice Salomon Poetik Prize in Berlin (2016). Read More Read Less