Kathrin Röggla (born 1971) is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the ...

, and lives in

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since 1992. She has written numerous prose works, including essays, dramas and radio plays. She has won a long range of awards for her literary works. In May 2012 she was elected as a member of the

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. And in November 2015 she got also elected as member of the national

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. Röggla is married with the theater director, actor and translator Leopold von Verschuer and mother of a son.

Prizes

* 1992: Jahresstipendium des Landes Salzburg für Literatur * 1993: Preis des Internationalen Open-Mike-Festivals Berlin * 1994: Nachwuchsstipendium für Literatur des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht und Kunst * 1995: Meta-Merz-Preis * 1995: Reinhard-Priessnitz-Preis * 1995: Staatsstipendium des Bundesministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst * 1997/1998: Staatsstipendium für Literatur des Bundeskanzleramtes * 2000: Stipendium Künstlerhaus Edenkoben * 2000: kolik-Literaturpreis * 2000: Alexander-Sacher-Masoch-Preis * 2001:

Italo-Svevo-Preis The Italo-Svevo-Preis is a German literary prize which has been awarded to outstanding German-language authors since 2001. The prize, named after Italo Svevo, is endowed with 15,000 euros and is made possible by the Hamburg issuing house . Until ...

der Hamburger Blue Capital GmbH * 2001: New York-Stipendium des Deutscher Literaturfonds * 2004: Förderpreis zum Schiller-Gedächtnispreis und Preis der SWR-Bestenliste * 2005: Internationale Preis für Kunst und Kultur des Kulturfonds der Stadt Salzburg * 2005: Bruno-Kreisky-Preis für das politische Buch * 2005:

Solothurner Literaturpreis The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for a literary achievement by a German language writer. Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 15,000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland. Winners *1994: Monik ...

* 2008:

Anton Wildgans Prize The Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962 by the Federation of Austrian Industry. The prize is worth 15,000 Euro and is granted by an independent jury to a young or middle-aged writer of Austrian c ...

* 2010:

Nestroy Theatre Prize The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the ...

''Bestes Stück – Autorenpreis'' for ''worst case'' * 2010: Franz-Hessel-Preis together with

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* 2012:

Mainzer Stadtschreiber The Mainzer Stadtschreiber (City clerk in Mainz) is an annual German literature award. It is awarded by ZDF, 3sat and the city of Mainz and was founded in 1984. The award is endowed with €12,500. Additionally the laureate receives the right to l ...

* 2012: Arthur-Schnitzler-Preis * 2022: Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize

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Date of birth missing (living people) 1971 births Writers from Salzburg Living people Austrian women writers Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Austrian dramatists and playwrights Austrian essayists {{Austria-bio-stub