Susanne Gregor

Susanne Gregor

Susanne Gregor was born in 1981 in Žilina, Czechoslovakia. In 1990, she moved to Austria with her family. She studied German studies and journalism in Salzburg and later taught German as a foreign language at the University of New Orleans. Today, she lives in Vienna. Gregor has received multiple awards for her literary work, including the Elias Canetti Scholarship and the City of Vienna Advancement Award.

Halbe Leben

Klara is dead—she fell while hiking. The only person with her was Paulína, a Slovakian woman whom Klara had hired after her mother suffered a stroke. Finally, her mother was cared for, allowing Klara to focus on her career again. Everything was perfectly organized, everything was so simple. In a clear and unpretentious style, Susanne Gregor explores major themes that affect us all, telling a story of inequality—between two women, between two lives.

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