The Klagenfurt Address on Literature

The Klagenfurt Address on Literature will be given this year by the writer, Ilija Tronajow. The title of the address: "¿Begin the Beguine?".

The Klagenfurt Address on Literature will be given this year by the writer, Ilija Tronajow. The title of the address: "¿Begin the Beguine?". Trajonov was born in 1965 in Sofia (Bulgaria) and lives in Vienna.

In 1971 the family fled via Yugoslavia and Italy to Germany. Ten year residence in Kenya. Academic studies in Germany 1985- 1989. 1989 founded the Marino publishing house. Moved to Bombay, India 1999.

Ilija Trojanow

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

• Die Welt ist groß und Rettung lauert überall. Hanser 1996.
• Hundezeiten. Hanser 1999.
• An den inneren Ufern des Ganges. Hanser 2003.
• Der Weltensammler. Hanser 2006.
• Die fingierte Revolution. dtv Sachbuch 2006.
• Der entfesselte Globus. Hanser 2008.

AWARDS (SELECTION)

• Adelbert von Chamisso Prize 2000. 
• Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2006. 
• Berlin Literature Prize 2007. 
• Mainz Writers Prize for Literature 2007.