Kathrin Röggla
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.
Kathrin Röggla
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- Born
- 1971. · Salzburg.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- translator, writer, playwright, essayist, poet, opinion journalist and university teacher.
- Fields
- creative and professional writing, radio drama, essay and poetry.
- Education
- University of Salzburg.
- Honours
- Nestroy Theatre Prize, Open Mike Award, Reinhard Priessnitz Award, Italo-Svevo-Preis, Preis der SWR-Bestenliste and Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature.
- Languages
- German.
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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.
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Kathrin Röggla worked in creative and professional writing, radio drama, essay, poetry and opinion journalism. She belonged to Academy of Arts, Berlin, German Academy for Language and Literature and Salzburger Autorengruppe. She worked at Berlin.
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Kathrin Röggla is recorded with the occupation radio playwright. Recorded as having received Nestroy Theatre Prize, Open Mike Award and Reinhard Priessnitz Award.

Kathrin Röggla (Akademie der Künste, Berlin)
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung from Berlin, Deutschland · Kathrin Röggla
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1971
Kathrin Röggla was born on 14 June 1971.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1244930636, Tagung "Kathrin Röggla und die "Recherchegespenster". Realitäten in Prosa und Theater der Gegenwart" (2019 : Salzburg).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1732908: Kathrin Röggla
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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 ('German Academy for Language and Literature') 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.
Kathrin Röggla studied at University of Salzburg. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, radio drama and essay. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Distinctions recorded are Nestroy Theatre Prize, Open Mike Award, Reinhard Priessnitz Award and Italo-Svevo-Preis.
• 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 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 • 2008: Anton Wildgans Prize • 2010: Nestroy Theatre Prize Bestes Stück – Autorenpreis for worst case • 2010: Franz-Hessel-Preis together with Maylis de Kerangal • 2012: Mainzer Stadtschreiber • 2012: Arthur-Schnitzler-Preis • 2022: Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize • 2023: Heinrich-Böll-Preis • 2023: Großer Kunstpreis des Landes Salzburg
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- 1.Henneberg, Nicole. Gegenwart, ein Irrlicht. Der Tagesspiegel. 19 August 2016.
- 2.Neue Mitglieder der Akademie der Künste. adk.de. 18 June 2012.
- 3.Neue Mitglieder. deutscheakademie.de. 18 November 2015.
- 4.Die Grammatik der Katastrophe. badische-zeitung.de. 8 October 2008.
- 5.Kathrin Röggla. solothurner-literaturpreis.ch.
- 6.Kathrin Röggla, Mainzer Stadtschreiberin 2012. mainz.de.
- 7.Schnitzler-Preis an Kathrin Röggla. derstandard.at. 11 May 2012.
- 8."Denkerin und Aktivistin": Dramatikerpreis für Kathrin Röggla. Bühne – Wiener Zeitung Online. 8 December 2021.
- 9.deutschlandfunk.de. Köln - Heinrich-Böll-Preis geht an die Autorin Kathrin Röggla. Die Nachrichten.
- 10.Nachrichten, Salzburger. Großer Kunstpreis für Kathrin Röggla: Denken, schreiben, einmischen. Salzburger Nachrichten. 24 October 2023.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1244930636, Tagung "Kathrin Röggla und die "Recherchegespenster". Realitäten in Prosa und Theater der Gegenwart" (2019 : Salzburg).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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She also worked under the name Katorin Regura. Her recorded language was German. She married Leopold von Verschuer. Röggla received Nestroy Theatre Prize, Open Mike Award, Reinhard Priessnitz Award, Italo-Svevo-Preis, Preis der SWR-Bestenliste and Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature.
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