Monika Czernin

Monika Czernin (born 18 February 1965) is an Austrian writer, screenwriter, actress and film director. Education and early career Czernin studied education, political science, philosophy and journalism at the University of Vienna. Family background, books and films In 1999, as a young mother, she published her first educational book Jeder Augenblick ein Staunen. Vom Abenteuer, mit einem Kind zu wachsen (Each Moment a Marvel. On the adventure of growing with a child). After her marriage ended with the Swiss pediatrician Remo H. Largo, she published the book Glückliche Scheidungskinder (Happy children of divore, 2003) about children of divorced parents. Already in 2011, also in cooperation with Largo, she published Jugendjahre. Kinder durch die Pubertät begleiten (Teenage years. Guiding children through Puberty) about the problems of adolescents such as computer addiction, school fatigue and binge drinking. In 2021, she published her book Der Kaiser reist inkognito: Joseph II. und das Europa der Aufklärung about Emperor Joseph II and his travels around Europe, which ended up seventh on the best books list of Die Welt in May 2021. The emperor Joseph II traveled some 50,000 km during his reign from 1765 and 1790.