Kathrin Röggla

Kathrin Röggla (born 1971) is a Professor of Literary Writing at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) since August 2020. She is an internationally acclaimed writer, playwright, and radio play author whose work spans prose, drama, and multimedia installations. Her career includes collaborations in visual arts (e.g., the art book tokio, rückwärtstagebuch) and documentary film (e.g., Die bewegliche Zukunft, ZDF 2012).

• Key Affiliations:
  • Academy of Arts (Vice President since 2015)
  • Darmstadt Academy for Language and Poetry
  • Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Her research and creative practice explore intersections of literature, political discourse, and technology, often addressing themes like fear, surveillance, and sociopolitical conflict. Her recent works include the novel Laufendes Verfahren (2023) and plays like Das Wasser (2022).

Her publications have won prestigious awards, including the Arthur Schnitzler Prize (2012), Austrian Art Prize for Literature (2020), and Else Lasker-Schüler Prize (2022). She has held poetry lectureships globally and participated in international residencies at Cornell University and elsewhere.