Katharina Köller
Katharina Köller was born in 1984 in Eisenstadt. She studied philosophy at the University of Vienna, earning a master’s degree, and simultaneously trained as an actress. Since 2011, she has worked as a freelance author and theatre-maker. In 2012, she was awarded the Playwright’s Scholarship by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. She has been an artist-in-residence in both Portugal and Lithuania.
Wild wuchern
Marie runs frantically up a mountain. Fleeing from a world where much has fallen out of balance, she seeks refuge with her cousin Johanna, who has lived like a hermit for years on a remote alpine pasture in Tyrol. What begins is a struggle between the two women — for self-understanding, but also for a shared path forward. In her novel, which blends fairy tale, parable, and critique of civilization, Katharina Köller celebrates two women and their determined, unconventional leap into life.
Photo: Peter Rigaud
