Laura Freudenthaler

Laura Freudenthaler (born 1984, Salzburg) is an Austrian writer.

She studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna.

She has also published two novels: Die Königin schweigt[2] (winner of the Förderpreis Bremen Literature Prize in 2018),[3][4] and Geistergeschichte (winner of the EU Literature Prize in 2019).

[5][6] In 2020, she was awarded the 3sat Prize (given at the Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt) for Der heißeste Sommer.

[3][7] After staying in France, Freudenthaler lives since 2009 in Vienna.