Marlen Schachinger – Austrian writer

Marlen Schachinger PhD is a writer with a burning passion for literature, which is why she also blogs, teaches university courses on literature and poetry, directs, sometimes even translates. And why since April 2022 she has been running Edition Arthof publishing house. Schachinger is convinced that literature in all its facets is so diverse and intriguing that life in the literary landscape can never be boring. 

Publications, media productions, and awards and residencies 

Schachinger’s recent publications include: Wort an Wort: Berührung (‘Word to Word: Touch’); Fragmente: Die Zeit danach (‘Fragments: Afterwards’); Kosovarische Korrekturen (‘Kosovar Corrections’); Requiem (‘Requiem’); Martiniloben (‘Martinmas’); Unzeit (‘False Time’); Albors Asche (‘Albor’s Ashes’); denn ihre Werke folgen ihnen nach (‘and their works do follow them’); ¡Leben!  (‘¡Life!’); Marlen Schachinger & Betty Paoli. Autorinnen feiern Autorinnen (‘Marlen Schachinger & Betty Paoli: Female authors celebrate female authors’); Werdegang (‘Career’)...

Media: Director of the documentary film Arbeit statt Almosen (‘Work not Welfare’); Schatten & Licht (‘Shadow & Light’ – 30 minute film on the importance of art in times of crisis); über grenzen (‘crossing borders’ – short film)

Recognition: Numerous literature prizes and residencies, most recently Magdeburg Writer in Residence 2021, Wels Writer in Residence 2019, the Seume Literature Prize 2019, Kosovo Writer in Residence 2018, the Lower Austria Award for Outstanding Literary Achievement 2016 as well as the LiterarMechanica Jubilee Grant.

July 2023 saw the release of Erkenntnis kommt in blauer Stunde ('Insight in the Blue Hour'). In June 2024, Marlen will be appearing at the Literaturfestival Magdeburg.