Stefan Kutzenberger

Stefan Kutzenberger

Born in Linz in 1971, he lives in Vienna as a writer. He has received numerous awards for his literary work, including grants and honors from the Literary Colloquium Berlin, the German Literature Fund (Darmstadt), and the International Literature Dialogues Award. In 2021, he represented Austria at the European Literature Night in New York with his novel Jokerman, and in 2024 his play Divas in Dilemma premiered.

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September 1858. Despite her close friendship with the poet Hans Christian Andersen, Henriette Wulff decides to emigrate to America. But the crossing ends in the greatest maritime disaster of the 19th century. Stefan Kutzenberger tells the story of a love between two people who only come to understand, in the face of death, how deeply connected they truly are.

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