Marie Luise Lehner

Born in 1995, Marie Luise Lehner studied literary writing at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and screenwriting at the Vienna Film Academy. Her work includes plays and prose. Her stories have appeared in anthologies and literary magazines, including “kolik” and “Facetten”. Among other distinctions, Lehner received the BKA Start Scholarship, the kolik Prize and an award in the “Sprichcode” youth literature competition. Her debut novel, “Fliegenpilze aus Kork”, was awarded the Alpha Literature Prize in 2017.