Thomas Kock

Thomas Köck (born 1986 in Steyr, Upper Austria) studied philosophy in Vienna and dramatic writing and film at the Berlin University of the Arts. He worked with theatercombinat Wien and was resident writer at the National Theatre Mannheim. Köck writes plays, libretti and radio dramas; his works have been presented internationally and published by Suhrkamp Verlag. His theatre writing has received several awards, including the 2018 Text & Sprache Literature Prize of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, the Mülheim Drama Prize in 2018 and 2019, and, most recently, the Audience Award of the Mülheim Theatre Festival NRW. He has also directed short films, including films for ARTE.