Berger, Melanie Sasha

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Melanie Sasha Berger, *1994 in Vienna, studied economics and political theory at Lake of Constance and in New York City. In her poetry, she works her way through, against the machine of reason, that always eats up everything. She is the winner of the Wortmeldungen advancement award 2021. She currently works in Vienna, where she studies at the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film and is writing her first novel.

Festival Content

BULL’S-EYE WINDOW – Readings from the 15th annual young poems and open poems

Poems, ponderings, and conversations on young poetry. The 15th anniversary readings of workshops for poets-in-training at the Haus für Poesie offer insights into the “young poems” groups (led by Nancy Hünger and Tanasgol Sabbagh) and the “open poems” group (led by Nadja Küchenmeister).

Bolat, Deniz • Currle, Hannes • Proißl, Helene • Berkholz, Josefine • Bätz, Josephine • Schmidtbauer, Konstantin • Thastum, Liv • Berger, Melanie Sasha • Mahmod, Miedya • Wittig, Mirjam • Klösel, Patrick • Kramer, Samuel • Eckert, Wanda