Eugenie Kain


Eugenie Kain was an Austrian writer.
The daughter of Franz and Margit Kain, she was born in Linz. She studied art history and philosophy at the Catholic Private University Linz and German and Theater Studies in Vienna. From 1984 to 1990, she worked for the newspaper Volksstimme. She helped launch the Linz street paper in 1996. From 1999 to 2008, she was a contributor to,
In 1982, she was awarded the for her work and then the Buch.Preis in 2003 for her 2001 novel Atemnot. She was awarded the in 2006. In 2007, she received the for literature.
Kain was married to the musician August Maly, who died in 2002.
She was a member of the Communist Party of Austria and ran as a KPO candidate for the European Parliament. She also contributed to the leftist newspaper Café KPÖ.
Kain died in Linz at the age of 49 from cancer.

Selected works