Villa Aurora Grant Recipients | 2017

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Katharina Winkler | Writer

Katharina Winkler © Stefan Klüter
Katharina Winkler © Stefan Klüter
1979
born in Vienna
1997-2002
studied German Philology, dramatics and musicology at the University of Vienna

Author Katharina Winkler grew up in upper Austria and now lives in Berlin. In 2016 she published her debut novel Blauschmuck by Suhrkamp, which is based entirely on a true story. The best-selling novel tells the story of the Kurdish woman Filiz and her abusive husband, and her long struggle to freedom.

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