Anita Pichler

Anita Pichler (January 28, 1948 – April 6, 1997) was an Italian author and translator from South Tyrol who wrote in German. She was the first post-war author to achieve visibility outside that region.[1]

Life

She was born in Merano and grew up in Schenna, Sulden and Trieste. She went on to study modern languages and literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and Slavic studies in Prague. She received a scholarship to attend Humboldt University in East Berlin in 1979. In 1982, Pichler returned to Venice, where she was a lecturer for German at the University of Venice. In 1986, she published her first story Die Zaunreiterin. From 1991 to 1992, she was author in residence for the town of Biel/Bienne and, in 1994, was official author for Innervillgraten.[2]

She moved to Bolzano in 1995 after becoming ill and died there two years later at the age of 49.[2]

In 2002, she was portrayed in the film Anita Pichler - Ich will einfach erzählen.[2]

Selected work

Writing
  • Wie die Monate das Jahr. Suhrkamp, narrative (1989)
  • Die Frauen aus Fanis (1992)
  • Beider Augen Blick. Neun Variationen über das Sehen (1995)
  • Flatterlicht. Verstreute und unveröffentlichte Texte, post-mortem (2007)

Translations (from Italian to German)
  • Über das Innehalten auf einem Feldweg by Hans Kitzmüller (1993)
  • Die Steine von Pantalica by Vincenzo Consolo (1995)

References
  1. "Wiederbegegnung mit Anita Pichler, Schriftstellerin und Kulturförderin". franzmagazine. September 20, 2014.
  2. "Anita Pichler". Lexikon literatur in Tirol (in German).
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