Sophie Anna "Dr. Sophie" Reyer is an Austrian author of multiple theater pieces and publications. Dr. Sophie was born in the Alpine capitol of Vienna, Austria in 1984. Dr. Reyer discovered her various profound talents in the arts at a young age as a child prodigy,[1] honing her skills as a scriptwriter for children's theatre as well as a composer of classical music.

Career

In 2010, Reyer received both the Master of Arts in Composition/Music Theater as well as her Diploma in Scenic Writing at uniT. In 2018, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Language Arts and a Screenwriter (KHM Cologne).

Her most important prizes include the Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz and the Manuscript Promotion Prize. In 2017, she wrote the theatre texts "vogelglück", "baumleberliebe", "hundpfarrer" and "Anna and the Wulian" (publisher: Fischer-Verlag). In 2019 and 2020, she was on the shortlist for the Austria Book Prize with her novels, "Mutter Brennt" and "1431".

Reyer is a lecturer at Pädagogische Hochschule Baden.

Publications (selection)

Reyer's poems have been printed in various literary journals and anthologies. Her texts have been translated into Serbian, Polish and Spanish.

  • geh dichte. (go poetry) Poetry volume. With illustrations by Monika Migl et al. Landeck 2005. ISBN 3-901735-17-8.
  • Vertrocknete Vögel. (Withered Birds). Graz, Leykam 2008. ISBN 978-3-7011-7639-7.
  • Baby blue eyes. Ritter, Klagenfurt, Graz, Wien 2008. ISBN 978-3-85415-431-0.
  • Marias. A necrology. Ritter Literatur, 2013. ISBN 3-85415-494-1.
  • Die Erfahrung. (The Experience) SuKuLTuR, 2013
  • Wortspielhalle. (Wordplay Hall) Multimedia project by Sophie Reyer and A.J. Weigoni 2014[2]
  • Flug (Spuren) (Flight (traces)). Poems. Edition Keiper, Graz 2012. ISBN 3-85415-494-1.
  • Anna und der Wulian (Anna and the Wulian). Children's theater Frankfurt a. M., S. Fischer, 2014.

Prizes and scholarships

  • 2007: Literature Promotion Prize of the City of Graz
  • 2008: Prize of the Styrian Regional Health Insurance Fund, Scholarship of the City of Graz, Scholarship of the Province of Styria
  • 2009: Scholarship stay on the island of Hombroich, Manuskripte-Förderungspreis of the city of Graz, Austrian Start Scholarship
  • 2013: Winner at Nah dran - promotion of children's theater plays
  • 2013: KUNO essay prize for reference universe.
  • 2014: lime lab for the project Wortspielhalle with Andrascz Jaromir Weigoni, Graz.

References

  1. ↑ "Sophie Reyer". www.literaturport.de. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wortspielhalle – KUNO". January 2, 2014.
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