Verleihung des Österreichischen Krimipreises 2023 an Rita Falk

Presentation of the Austrian Crime Prize 2023 to Rita Falk

Rita Falk is this year's winner of the Austrian Crime Prize 2023 and will read from "Rehragout-Rendezvous". A conversation with the award winner will be led by Bernhard Aichner, and the laudation for Rita Falk will be given by Herbert Dutzler, last year's winner.

The Crime Prize stands for the special recognition of crime literature and is awarded for the sixth time - this year for the first time in Villach. Over 100 crime specialists, booksellers, bloggers, and journalists have voted. The award is given to authors whose novels are convincing in content and literary quality and underscore the cultural and social relevance of the genre.

The previous award winners
2017 Thomas Raab
2018 Ursula Poznanski
2019 Alex Beer
2021 Andreas Gruber
2022 Herbert Dutzler

Rita Falk
Rehragout-Rendezvous

The eleventh case for Eberhofer – A provincial crime story
The Eberhofer women are losing it! And the "Steckenbiller" Lenz is missing, but no corpse is in sight. The Eberhofer is faced with an almost unsolvable task.
“What’s for dinner?” “Nothing. Grandma isn't cooking anymore.” For heaven's sake! What has gotten into the Eberhofer women? Grandma decides, after what feels like 2000 cakes and even more roast pork, bread dumplings, and cabbage, to rid herself of household duties − and from now on to chill. Right at Christmas! And since Susi is pursuing her career as deputy mayor, sex with her in their chic new apartment feels to Franz as if they got it free with the dining room furniture. To top it off, the "Steckenbiller" Lenz is also missing. Franz is supposed to file a missing person report, the Mooshammer Liesl fears the worst. Only: A corpse is nowhere to be seen. Thus, Eberhofer faces an almost unsolvable task.

Rita Falk, born in 1964, has created an absolute favorite among readers with the village policeman Franz Eberhofer from Niederkaltenkirchen. She grew up in Upper Bavaria with her grandmother and has remained loyal to the region she knows so well as an adult: not just literarily. The writer draws on her childhood memories for her novels. She authentically portrays a Bavarian village. “Niederkaltenkirchen is fictional yet exists a thousand times,” says Falk. She gives the inhabitants, including Franz Eberhofer, an authentic Bavarian tone that is both tough and warm-hearted. And Rita Falk's view of her homeland is just as affectionate: loving, but never romanticizing, friendly, but always honest.

The Parkcafé Villach in the former Parkhotel – built in 1910 and 1911 – has always been a meeting point for Villach society. The five-story building of the Parkhotel in the turn-of-the-century style could just as well be located in Vienna. The stylish stonework combines nostalgia, living room flair, modern bar feeling, and freedom on the sun terrace in the midst of Villach.

Costs
€ 59.00 for crime reading / aperitif / 5-course finger food menu / wine accompaniment, beer & non-alcoholic beverages

Limited number of seats

Ticket sales by phone at +43 (0) 4242 3 999 3 or by email at
tourismus.stadt@visitvillach.info or online directly here.

Start
6:00 PM

Bamberg Hall, in the former Parkhotel
Moritschstraße 2
9500 Villach
tourismus.stadt@visitvillach.info
Tel. +43 (0) 4242 3 999 3

This event is part of the Krimifest Kärnten 2023.