Tanja Paar, born in Graz, writes prose, plays and essays. She studied philosophy and history in Lausanne and Vienna, where she now lives as a writer. She has worked in theatre and for various media. She has received numerous awards and prizes for her work, including the Vienna Drama Scholarship 2021. She wrote the blog "Mama geht studieren" about her studies in computer science. She works in an interdisciplinary and multimedia way. In 2021 she was awarded the Robert Gernhardt Prize for her novel project "Der Ziegenzirkus".
