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Rhea Krčmářová
Rhea Krčmářová (Krtsch-mar-scho-wa) is an author and transmedia text artist.
Born in Prague in 1975, she emigrated to Austria with her family in 1981.
She is a graduate of the Institute for Language Art at the University of Applied Arts. She has received various prizes and grants, including: the Wartholz Literature Prize (Lower Austria), 2nd prize in the Edition Exil competition, a literature project grant from the Federal Office for the Arts (BKA), the LiterarMechana anniversary grant, a working grant from the City of Vienna, the City of Vienna’s book prize for the short story collections *Bohemia is the Ocean* and *Tagebruch Instant*, and a finalist in the Floriana competition.
Rhea writes novels, short stories, plays, libretti, essays and poetry (including at instagram.com/rhea_krcmarova) and experiments with transmedia art – video, embroidery, book art and performance (including with the visual arts duo 4youreye, as part of the Vienna Cultural Summer, at the Poetry Gallery Festival and at the Video Poetry Festival) –). Numerous publications in anthologies and literary journals (including *Kolik*, *Lichtungen*, *Podium* and *California Quarterly*).
Independent publications
German:
2027 Transmedialer Gedichtband Gesang. Und ab (Arbeitstitel), Klever
2024 Lyrikband Tagebruch, Instant bei Limbus Lyrik
2023 Roman MONSTROSA, Kremayr und Scheriau
2023 Theaterstück InTrance Danubien, Edition Goldstück, im Rahmen des Dramalabs der wiener wortstaetten
2018 Erzählband Böhmen ist der Ozean, Kremayr & Scheriau
2014 Venus in echt, Roman, edition a, WienTextilkunst
Words are the raw material of the writer and text artist Rhea Krčmářová. A graduate in the art of language, she experiments with language and its impact in and through various media. In addition to literary performances, she explores the intersection between text and textiles, uses her sewing machine as a typewriter, and is developing an entirely new type of book consisting solely of threads. Her literary works range from poetry and prose to plays and essays. She is an Instagram poet. In her work, Rhea Krčmářová explores themes of mythology and physicality, alienation, and explicitly focuses on under-represented female perspectives.
