Lilian Faschinger
Lilian Faschinger ( born April 29, 1950 in Tschöran, Carinthia ) is an Austrian writer and literary translator.
Life
Lilian Faschinger studied 1969-1975 English literature and history at the Karl- Franzens- University of Graz, where she then worked until 1992 at the Department of English as a contract assistant and lecturer. In 1979 she received her PhD in English Literature. Since 1992 she has worked as a writer and literary translator. International attention she found with her novel Magdalena sinner, who was released in 1995 and was translated into 17 languages. She lives in Vienna.
Works
- Self-timer. Poetry and short prose. Graz: Leykam, 1983
- The new Scheherazade. Novel. Munich: List, 1986
- Comedy. Novel. Munich: List, 1989
- Woman with three aircraft. Narratives. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, 1993
- Local foreign. Poems. Baden -Baden, 1994
- Jumps. Short stories. Graz: Leykam, 1994
- Magdalena sinner. Novel. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, 1995
- Wiener Passion. Novel. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, 1999
- Pairwise. Eight Paris episodes. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, 2002
- City of losers. Novel. The Hague: Mouton, 2007
- The lovebirds. Novel. Vienna: Zsolnay, 2012
Translations
- Janet Frame: In the Maniototo novel. Translator's ad Amerikan. Lilian Faschinger, Thomas Priebsch. Frankfurt / Main: Suhrkamp, 1986
- Gertrude Stein: The Making of Americans. Story of the career of a family. From 1906 to 1908. Translator's ad Amerikan. Lilian Faschinger, Thomas Priebsch. Klagenfurt: Ritter, 1989
- Mohammed Mrabet, Paul Bowles: El Limón Editor: Paul Bowles, Translator ad Engl: Lilian Faschinger, Thomas Priebsch. Graz, Vienna: Droschl, 1990
- Paul Bowles: Diary of Tangier from 1987 to 1989. Translator's ad Amerikan. Lilian Faschinger, Thomas Priebsch. Graz, Vienna: Droschl, 1991
- Richard Stern: Charley's legacy. 18 Stories. Narratives. Translator's a d Amerikan. Lilian Faschinger. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence, 1992
- Elizabeth Smart: At Grand Central Station I sat down and wept novel. Translator's a d Amerikan. Lilian Faschinger. Salzburg, Vienna: Residence, 1993
- Janet Frame: An Angel at My Table Autobiographical novel. Translator's a d Amerik. Lilian Faschinger. Munich: Piper, 1993
- John Banville: Athena Übers ad Engl: Lilian Faschinger. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Petrovich 1996 ISBN 3-462-02564-3.