Nadine Kegele

Nadine Kegele was born in 1980 in Bludenz, Vorarlberg. She completed training in office administration before studying German studies, drama, and gender studies. She earns a living as a secretary, financial assistant, media planner, and editor. She was accepted to the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and the writing workshop of the Schauspielhaus Vienna. She is currently completing basic education training with refugees at the Vienna Adult Education Center.
She writes for the charitable newspaper Augustin. She lives in Vienna.

Selected awards and fellowships:

Literary Colloquium Berlin – Residency, 2014
Ingeborg Bachmann Competition Audience Award, 2013, and Klagenfurt Writer Laureate, 2014
Federal Ministry Book Award for Especially Successful Debut Book, 2013
Wortspiele Audience Award, 2013
State Fellowship from the Federal Ministry, 2013–13
Theodor Körner Prize for Literature, 2016

Books:

Annalieder. Short stories. Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2013.
Bei Schlechtwetter bleiben Eidechsen zu Hause. Novel.
Vienna: Czernin Verlag, 2014.
Lieben muss man unfrisiert. Transcripts of recordings. Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau, 2017.
Und essen werden wir die Katze (We'll Eat the Cat). Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau, 2018.

Website: www.nadinekegele.net

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