Silvia Waltl

… graduated from the University of Vienna in early 2000 after studying Communication Sciences and English and has worked at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) since 2002.

In the AAC, the Austrian Academy Corpora, she was responsible for organizing workflows within the digitization process and helped build and maintain the text corpora. She also worked on the digital edition of the AAC Fackel and later on Die Schaubühne, providing preliminary work for an upcoming digital edition. In recent years, her work within the ACE, as part of the ACDH-CH, was focused on realising historical-critical digital editions of the works of Thomas Bernhard as part of a cooperation with the Suhrkamp publishing house and the estate of the late author. The first edition published was Wittgenstein’s Nephew in 2021, followed by Bernhard’s dramatic work Heldenplatz in early 2024. She has been working in a project team alongside Barbara Tumfart and Andreas Basch, now situated within the research unit Literary&Textual Studies of the ACDH-CH.

Silvia Waltl has also been working as a creative writing trainer for many years, giving courses, workshops and tutorials for students and adults in various educational institutions and settings including teacher education and school programmes. She has a diploma in Intermedial Art Therapy, a certificate in Arts and Cultural Mediation and is currently finishing a Theatre Education programme. In recent years, Silvia has worked as part of the Albertina Museum’s arts mediation team where she established a literature programme for pupils, students, adults and teachers. She’s also a teacher for Poetry and Therapy at the Private College of Teacher Education in Linz.

Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): im blattwerk. 20 Jahre Schreib- und Literaturwerkstatt Liesing. Ein Jubiläumsbuch. Mit einer methodisch-pädagogischen Einführung von Silvia Waltl.Edition Libica. Wien, 1. Oktober 2020. ISBN: 978-3-903137-31-8.

Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): muschelgang gegen den sturm. salongedichte 2016-2018. Mit einem poetologischen Essay von Silvia Waltl. Edition Libica; Wien 2019. ISBN 978-3-903137-20-2.

Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): über kurz oder lang. salongedichte 2014-2016. Eigenverlag, 2016.

Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): schneisen in den wind geschrieben. salongedichte 2012-2014. Mit einem poetologischen Essay von Silvia Waltl. Edition Libica; Wien 2014. ISBN 978-3-9503701-3-3

Klein, Simone Stefanie; Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): wie durch löcher in der zeit. Ein Lesebuch. Mit einer Einführung zur literaturpädagogischen Methodik. Edition Libica; Wien 2014. ISBN 978-3-9503701-1-9

Ernst, Gustav; Fleischanderl, Karin: KOLIK Spezial: 10 Jahre Schreibwerkstatt Langschlag Wurzelhof. Redaktion: Ernst, Gustav, Schindel, Robert, Kraner, Robert, Waltl, Silvia. Verein für neue Literatur; Wien 2013. ISSN 1560-6775

Waltl, Silvia (Hg.): an einem wunderroten faden. Texte und Methoden der schreib- und literaturpädagogischen Arbeit in der Erwachsenenbildung. Edition VHS; Wien 2007. ISBN 978-3900799878