Английская Википедия:Irena Brežná
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Irena Brežná (born 26 February 1950) is a Slovak-Swiss writer, journalist and human rights activist writing in German.
Early life and education
Irena Brežná was born on 26 February 1950, in Bratislava.[1] She grew up in Trenčín.[1] Her parents were repressed by the communist Czechoslovak authorities, her mother spent a year in prison after an unsuccessful attempt to flee to Sweden, and her father – a lawyer – was forbidden from working in his professional field.[1] Eventually, her family emigrated in 1968 to Switzerland.[1] In 1975, Brežná began studying Psychology, Philosophy and Slavic studies at University of Basel.[2] She worked as a psychologist and translated from Russian into German.[1]
Career
During Cold War, Brežná worked as a radio correspondent for the BBC Radio, Deutsche Welle and the Slovak branch of Radio Free Europe.[2] She also actively participated in the works of Amnesty International,[2] focusing on humanitarian and women's rights issues in Guinea and Chechnya.[1] Since the 1980s,[1] she has been a regular contributor to the German and Swiss press, including Die Zeit, Tages-Anzeiger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Basler Zeitung and Süddeutsche Zeitung.[2] In the 1990s, she began regularly visiting Slovakia and contributing to a Slovak magazine, Aspekt.[1]
Brežná writes in German.[1] In her work, she often deals with the themes of alienation and injustice.[2] She debuted in 1989 with an anti-racist children's book cowritten with Alpha Oumar Barry, titled Biro & Barbara.[2] Her autobiographical work Die Beste aller Welten (2008) placed in Swiss bestseller lists.[2]
Brežná is the recipient of a Swiss Literature Award for her 2012 novel Die undankbare Fremde.[3] She was also awarded the Slovak Dominik Tatarka Award (2016)[4] and Hermann Kesten Prize (2021).[5] Her journalist work has brought her Emma-Journalistinnen-Preis, Theodor Wolff Prize and Zürcher Journalistenpreis.[3] In 2022, she was awarded the Pribina Cross (2nd Class), a Slovak state order.[6]
Publications
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- Ірэна Брэжна. Найлепшы з усіх светаў : Раман / пераклад з нямецкай Лізаветы Касмач (in Belarusian). — Вільня: Логвінаў, 2015. — 126 с.
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References
External links
- Английская Википедия
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- Swiss women's rights activists
- Slovak women journalists
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