Kathrin Röggla (born 1971) is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in Salzburg, and lives in Berlin 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 Academy of Arts, Berlin. And in November 2015 she got also elected as member of the national Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt. 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 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 References External links 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