Sophie Reyer
Illustration — Image of Sophie Reyer Sophie Anna Reyer is an Austrian author of multiple theater pieces and publications. She was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1984. Reyer discovered her various profound talents in the arts at a young age as a child prodigy, honing her skills as a scriptwriter for children's theatre as well as a composer of classical music.
Sophie Reyer
- Born
- 1984 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · composer · translator · philosopher
- Fields
- literary activity · youth theatre · music
- Languages
- German
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Sophie Reyer, recorded as a poet, author, philosopher, composer and translator, was born on 20 December 1984 in Vienna.
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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 2009, she wrote the theatre texts "vogelglück", "baumleberliebe", "hundpfarrer" and "Anna und der Wulian (Anna and the Wulian)" (publisher: S. Fischer-Verlag), followed by "Fee Fleder oder fliegen lernen mit Drachen", "Unsichtbare Sterne" and "Erster Schnee" (S.Fischer). In 2019 and 2020, she was on the shortlist for the Austria Book Prize with her novels, "Mutter Brennt" and "1431". The German film "Tod meiner Jugend" ("Death of My Youth"), Germany, 2025, on which Sophie Reyer co-wrote the screenplay, received the award for Best Screenplay at the Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) 2025, Virginia, USA. The film won the Grand Prix Award at the 2025 Chelsea Film Festival in the USA. Sophie Reyer is a lecturer at Pädagogische Hochschule, Baden (Lower Austria). Since 2024, she has been a member of a research group at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Die Angewandte) on the subject area of “Voiceover”.
Scripts (selection)
Scripts (selection)
• Tod meiner Jugend, Death of my Youth (International English title) – Kinospielfilm, 2024–2025, Deutschland. Script: Sophie Reyer, Daniel Jaro, Timo Jacobs.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1984
Sophie Reyer born at Vienna.
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. Lyrikband. Mit Illustrationen von Monika Migl et al. Landeck 2005. • Vertrocknete Vögel. Leykam, Graz 2008. • Vogelglück. Verlag S. Fischer, 2010. • Baby blue eyes. Ritter, Klagenfurt, Graz, Wien 2008. • Flug (Spuren). Gedichte. Edition Keiper, Graz 2012. • Marias. Ein Nekrolog. Ritter Literatur, Klagenfurt 2013. • Die Erfahrung. SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2013. • Wortspielhalle. Multimediaprojekt, together with A. J. Weigoni, 2014. • Anna und der Wulian. Kindertheater. S. Fischer, Frankfurt a. M. 2014. • Käfersucht. Verlag S. Fischer, 2012. UA: Theater im Keller Graz, 2018 • Insektizid. Roman. Leykam, Graz 2014. • Trip Trap Tropf. Verlag S. Fischer, 2016. UA: Konzerthaus Wien, 2016 • Unsichtbare Sterne. Verlag S. Fischer, 2016. UA: Schloßtheater Maßbach, 2018 • Die Geschichte des kleinen Kadi. Libretto. Musikverein Wien, 2018 • Schneewittchenpsychose. UA: Dschungel Wien, 2010 • Simon und die Zitterschrecke. Mit Illustrationen von Birgit Scholin. edition lex liszt 12, Oberwart 2015, • Schläferin. Erzählung. Edition Atelier, Wien 2016. • Schnee schlafen. Gedichte. Reihe "edition pen", Bd. 63, Löcker Verlag, Wien 2017. • Schildkrötentage. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2017. • Im Monat der Seidenraupe. Eine lyrische Entpuppung. edition lex liszt 12, Oberwart 2017, • Siri Silberstern. Feenzauber für die Prinzessin. G&G Verlag, Wien 2019, ISBN 978-3-7074-2142-2., 2. Auflage 2021 • Das stumme Tal. Emons Verlag, Köln 2019, ISBN 978-3-7408-0813-6. • Performanz und Biomacht. Textstrategien im gesellschaftlichen Feld. Passagen Verlag, Wien 2018. • 111 Wiener Orte und ihre Legenden. Emons Verlag, 2019, 3. Auflage 2023, • Mutter brennt. Edition Keiper, Graz 2019. • 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer. G&G Verlag, Wien 2021, ISBN 978-3-7074-2347-1., 2. Auflage 2024 • Schräg gegen Wälder gelehnt. Gedichte. Shoebox House Verlag, Hamburg 2019. • BioMachtBäume. Passagen Verlag, Wien 2019. • Vezas Wege. Ein biographischer Roman. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2020. • Corona. Ein Chor. Reihe "vers libre", Bd. 1, hrsg. von Alexandra Bernhardt. Edition Melos, Wien 2020,. • Clara und ihre Morde. Emons Verlag, Köln 2021, • Erster Schnee. UA: Junges Theater Landestheater Linz 2021 • Dramatisierung von Die Verwandlung von Franz Kafka • Fee Fleders fantastische Reise oder Fliegen lernen mit Drachen. Verlag S. Fischer 2020. UA: Junges Schauspiel Düsseldorf, 2021 • Traumspielen. UA: Stadttheater Gießen, 2021 • Die Riesin. Tiroler DramatikerInnenfestival 2022 • Die Königsbraut und das fremde Kind (frei nach E.T.A. Hoffmann). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2021, • Die Wilderin. Emons Verlag, Köln 2022, • with Dieter Winkler, Wolfgang Liemberger: Dem Meister auf der Spur und Ein Interview mit Wolfgang Hohlbein. In: 40 Jahre Der Hexer. Das Jubiläumsbuch. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2024, • 1431. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Wien 2021. • Ein Schrei. Meiner. Roman. Czernin Verlag, Wien 2022. • Nach den Gesichtern, Edition Melos, Wien 2023. • 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer nach Jules Vernes. Badische Landesbühne, 2023 • Sisi oder an meinen Haaren möcht ich sterben. UA: Theater im Keller Graz, 2024 • mit Peter Staatsmann: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten nach den Brüdern Grimm. UA: Zimmertheater Rottweil, 2024 • Hexensommer. Eine Dissoziation in drei Leben. Edition Keiper, Graz 2024 • with Dieter Winkler, Wolfgang Liemberger: Dem Meister auf der Spur und Ein Interview mit Wolfgang Hohlbein. In: 40 Jahre Der Hexer. Das Jubiläumsbuch. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2024, ISBN 978-3-7577-0089-8 • Bluten. Königshausen und Neumann, Würzburg 2024, ISBN 978-3-8260-7746-3 • Rapunzel. Königshausen und Neumann, Würzburg 2024, ISBN 978-3-8260-8530-7 • Falten hat die Zeit. Gedichte. Löcker Verlag, Wien 2024, ISBN 978-3-99098-183-2 • Blumen blühten aus meinem Mund. Moloko Print 2024, ISBN 978-3-910431-63-8 • durch die liebe erzählt. Löcker Verlag, Wien 2024, ISBN 978-3-99098-206-8 • Meine unverletzlichen Blätter. Gedichte. Edition Melos, Wien 2025, ISBN 978-3-9505459-8-2 • Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen. Historischer Kriminalroman. Emons, Köln 2025, ISBN 978-3-7408-2585-0 • Kaisersterben. Historischer Kriminalroman. Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2025, ISBN 978-3-565-05462-6 • Schattenwege Taucher Vögel. Gedichte. Edition Melos, Wien 2025, ISBN 978-3-9505758-1-1
Prizes and scholarships (selection)
• 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. • 2017 Award of Excellency for her doctoral thesis Performanz und Biomacht (Performance and Biopower) • 2018 Residency of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin • 2023 Theater Scholarship of the Deutschen Literaturfonds for Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians of Bremen) • 2025: Nomination for the BRAINZ 500 Global Award 2025
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- 1.Sophie Reyer. www.literaturport.de.
- 2.crew-united.com - Death of my Youth. crew-united.com.
- 3.Chelsea Film Festival 2025. chelseafilm.org.
- 4.Künstlerische Forschung auf Die Angewandte. dieangewandte.at.
- 5.Wortspielhalle – KUNO. January 2, 2014.
- 6.crew-united.com - Death of my Youth. crew-united.com.
- 7.Nomination for the BRAINZ 500 Global Award 2025. brainzmagazine.com. Winkvist Group AB, Sweden.
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