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Franziska Hauser
Gerda Martin, Künstler*dorf Schöppingen, 2024
Franziska Hauser, Künstler*dorf Schöppingen, 2024

Franziska Hauser, born in Berlin Pankow in 1975, is an author and photographer. She has two children and two grandchildren. Studied stage design and fine arts at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. Studied photography at the Ostkreuzschule with Arno Fischer; scholarship from the Stiftung Kulturfonds. In2015, her debut novel “Sommerdreieck” was published by Rowohlt Verlag, for which she received the lit. COLOGNE debut prize and was nominated for the ZDF Aspekte Prize. At the same time, the photo book “Sieben Jahre Luxus” was published by Kehrer Verlag. Her second novel “Die Gewitterschwimmerin” (Eichborn Verlag 2018) was nominated for the German Book Prize. 2018 Winner of the German Short Story Competition. In the same year, she founded the monthly reading stage “Des Esels Ohr” (together with Kirsten Fuchs, Susanne Schirdewahn and Barbara Weitzel). Her third novel “Die Glasschwestern” was published in 2020 (Eichborn Verlag).
She writes and photographs for Das Magazin, Berliner Zeitung, FAZ, Die Zeit, taz, Die Welt and others. The fourth novel “None of Them” was published in April 2022, also by Eichborn.

Franziska Hauser, Künstler*dorf Schöppingen, 2024

“It was clearly noticeable that the more fellows were here, the more could be created. You quickly find someone who can hold a camera or provide practical help with the implementation of a project. This situation of being surrounded by people who are available at short notice for artistic projects without having to explain anything at length is enormously valuable. The different skills that come together here are a blessing. Many cross-disciplinary ideas have emerged at fireside evenings and I will definitely stay in touch with most of the artists I have met here. The support from Marieke and Julia was, in my opinion, absolutely optimal and caring. I always had the impression that everyone went to great lengths to make the scholarship holders feel comfortable and that everything possible was made possible, even for very unusual ideas. I immediately felt welcome and found the balance between tranquility and community to be absolutely balanced. I found the barn, stables, cinema, fireplace room and communal kitchen to be almost spiritual places. I found it pleasant to feel that there is a connection to the place and that sharing is possible. What impressed me very much from the start was that the fellows already knew the place so well and made such good use of the social opportunities.
I was able to concentrate on restructuring and revising my fifth novel on a daily basis, which is very solitary work, so I really needed a sociable balance. That’s why I was so happy about the weekly potluck dinner. We often cooked together on other evenings too, or one of us showed a movie.”