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

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and lives in

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since 1992 but moved to Cologne in 2020. She has written numerous prose works, including essays, as well as dramas and radio plays. For her literary works, she has won a wide range of awards. In May 2012, she was elected a member of the

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. In November 2015, she also was elected a member of the

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, Paulskirche in Frankfurt. I ...

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. In 2020, she joined the

Academy of Media Arts Cologne The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) is the art and film school of the state of North Rhine Westphalia. It was founded 1989 in Cologne, Germany. Notable artists and filmmakers who studied or taught at the academy include Rosa Barba, VALIE EX ...

. Röggla is married to the theater director, actor and translator Leopold von Verschuer. She is the mother of a son and two daughters.

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: Moni ...

* 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 ci ...

* 2010:

Nestroy Theatre Prize The Nestroy Theatre Prize is an Austrian theatre award named after the poet Johann Nestroy. In 2000, the city of Vienna decided to combine two less noticed theatre awards: the Kainz Medal and the Nestroy Ring for Viennese Satire. The prize honours ...

''Bestes Stück – Autorenpreis'' for ''worst case'' * 2010:

Franz-Hessel-Preis Franz-Hessel-Preis or Franz Hessel Prize for Contemporary Literature is a literary prize of France and Germany for French and German authors. The prize was created as a tribute to the writer and translator Franz Hessel. This Franco-German prize i ...

together with

Maylis de Kerangal Maylis de Kerangal (born 16 June 1967) is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won many awards for her work (including the Prix Médicis, the Premio Gregor von Rezzori, the Grand prix RTL-Lire, and the ...

* 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 Since 1993, the Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize () has been awarded by the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern on behalf of the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Culture. The prize is named after expressionist poet Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–194 ...

* 2023:

Heinrich-Böll-Preis The Heinrich-Böll-Preis (Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature) is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding ach ...

*2023: Großer Kunstpreis des Landes Salzburg

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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