Gerlinde Hacker

Writer, literary activist, project manager, and president of ≠igfem. Selected publications: störfeuer, herzgeröll, blind spot, weiwamessa, meine wahrheit kennt deine wirklichkeit nicht.
www.gerlindehacker.com – www.hackerin.at – www.igfem.at

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Doro Pointner

Born in 1969, grew up in Styria, and has lived and worked in Vienna since 2000. Studied linguistics and philosophy. Published poetry and short prose in anthologies, literary magazines, and radio. In 2021: Poetry collection "Früchte des Schnees". Member of the Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung (GAV) and co-founder of the Feminist Authors Interest Group (IG feministische Autorinnen).
https://doropointnerblog.wordpress.com/

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Verena Mermer

Author and literary scholar. Most recent works: die stimme über den dächern (2015) and Autobus Ultima Speranza (2018). Editor of Louise Werner’s ... aber mir hat der Marxismus besser gefallen! (Theodor Kramer Society Publishing House, 2018).

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Hannah Oppolzer

Born in 1999, studied German Studies in Vienna, currently pursuing a master's degree in Literary Writing and Editing at the University of Hildesheim. Her debut novel "Verpasst" was published by Braumüller Verlag in 2023. She has been a member of ≠igfem since 2023 and is working on the Feminist Reading List project.

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Eva Surma

Born in Graz, lives and writes in Leibnitz, Styria, but also enjoys writing by the sea. Member of ≠igfem since 2022 and co-founder of ≠igfem Bezirk Leibnitz with Anna Cech. Member of the international platform literatur*grenzenlos and a PEN member since 2023.

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Susanne Darabas (Workshop Lead, Germany)

She has studied German and American Literature and Philosophy, and was a research assistant and an editorial officer. She is writing poetry, prose and essays and is working as a freelance editor, translator, and project manager.

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Dr. Yra van Dijk (Project Lead, Netherlands)

Dr. Yra van Dijk (1970) is professor of Modern Literature and researcher at Leiden Hogeschool, and member of the feminist writers collective Fixdit. After publishing volumes and monographs on Late-postmodern literature (Reconsidering the postmodern. European Literature Beyond Relativism, 2011), on Intertextuality and on Shoah-Memory in the novel, she is now researching trauma, narrative and meaning for a next monograph: Structures of Signification in Dutch-Caribbean Literature. (with Thalia Ostendorf, 2025). Van Dijk also writes essays and reviews for Ducth newspapers and journals, like NRC Handelsblad and De Nederlandse Boekengids.

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Jannah Loontjens (Workshop Lead, Netherlands)

Jannah Loontjens is a novelist, poet, and philosopher, who writes regularly for Dutch newspapers and magazines. Her novels include How Late Actually (2011, nominated for the Halewijn Literature Prize), But Then Again (2014, translated into Danish and Hungarian) and Who Knows (2018). Her poetry collections include Variants on Now (2002), The Incredible Shrinking (2006, nominated for the Eline van Haaren Prize), and It’s You (2013). Her non-fiction: My Life is More Beautiful Than Literature (2013), the autobiographical philosophy book Roaring Nineties (2016, nominated for Best Spiritual Book 2016) and When it Comes to Love (2019). Loontjens’ writing engages with topical issues, while drawing on her personal experiences and grounding in philosophy. Her latest non-fiction book, Guilty: An exploration of my conscience reflects in her own authentic voice on the role of guilt in western culture (2021, nominated for the ‘Socrates Wisselbeker’). Her newest novel: And Then He Was Gone (2023) was nominated for the Boon Literature Prize. www.jannahloontjens.nl

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Workshop language: English

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Co-financed by the European Union - Creative Europe Program and BMKÖS - Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service, and Sport.