Theresia Enzensberger studied film and film studies at Bard College in New York and is a freelance writer of prose, essays, reportage, and criticism. In 2014 she founded BLOCK Magazin which was named “best newcomer magazine” at the 2016 Lead Awards. In 2017, her first novel Blaupause was published by Hanser Verlag. It was translated into several languages and awarded the Alfred Döblin Medal. Her most recent novel Auf See, published in 2022, was nominated for the German Book Prize.

During her fellowship, Theresia Enzensberger, through essay and reportage, will examine spaces outside of governmental structures and how they relate to nation states and community building.