Karen Köhler
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Karen Köhler

Karen Köhler studied drama and worked in theatre for twelve years. Today she lives in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg and writes stage plays, scripts and prose. Her plays have appeared on the repertoires of several theatres. In 2014, she published her widely acclaimed book of short stories, Wir haben Raketen geangelt. In 2017 she received a Grenzgänger scholarship from the Robert Bosch Foundation for Miroloi and in 2018, she was awarded a work scholarship from the German Literature Fund. karenkoehler.de, on Facebook and Instagram: @niagara_kate

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Miroloi

Miroloi

A village, an island, a whole world: Karen Köhler’s first novel catapults us straight into the thoughts of a young woman who grows up as a foundling in a sheltered community. Here, the men are ...

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Fishing for Rockets

Fishing for Rockets

A young woman sits at a gas station in Death Valley, destitute and thirsty to the point of dehydration. When an Indian brave appears telling her he wants to save her life, she thinks she’s ...

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Awards

2015 Rauriser Literaturpreis

2015 Schubart-Literaturförderpreis

Bibliographie

Im Carl Hanser Verlag erschienen
2014 Wir haben Raketen geangelt. Erzählungen
2019 Miroloi. Roman (ET 19.08.2019)