Grace Marta Latigo
Grace Marta Latigo (* February 21 , 1967 in Bratislava) is an Austrian author, conceptual and performance artist, painter and human rights activist.
Life
Grace Marta Latigo was born in 1967 in what was then Czechoslovakia . Her mother was Slovak , and her father was from Uganda . She moved to Vienna with her family in 1981 at the age of 14.
When residency regulationsin Austria changed in 1992 after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, her visa was not renewed. This was followed by seven years of living illegally, which provided fertile ground for Latigo’s social and humanitarian activism.
Grace Marta Latigo also appears as a painter, actress and stand-up comedian and writes regularly for the Viennese street newspaper Augustin.
Publications (selection)
- Otito aye – universal truth . black poetry. Ed. Exil, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-901899-22-7 (German, English).
- My Words . Aa-Infohaus, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01418-3 .
- Women write – women read . In: Christoph Kepplinger-Prinz (ed.): Leftist Word at the Volksstimme Festival . Volume 2011. Globus-Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-9502669-5-5 .
- Red White Red – we tell the story . Aa-Infohaus, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-9503040-3-9 .
Prizes and Awards (selection)
- 2002: Literary Prize Writing Between Cultures
- 2016: Kültür Gemma! working grant
Film and TV (selection)
- 2009: Tschuschen:power