Kathrin Röggla


Kathrin Röggla is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in Salzburg, Germany and lived in Berlin from 1992 until moving 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 Academy of Arts, Berlin. In November 2015, she also was elected a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt. In 2020, she joined the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Röggla is married to the theater director, actor and translator Leopold von Verschuer, and has a son and two daughters.
WWW kathrin-roeggla.de

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