Vea Kaiser

Vea Kaiser (born 1988) is an Austrian writer. She studied Classical Philology and German Studies. Her debut novel, “Blasmusikpop oder Wie die Wissenschaft in die Berge kam,” was published in 2012; it reached number one on the ORF bestseller list and was recognized as the best German-language debut at the Festival du Premier Roman. It was followed by “Makarionissi oder die Insel der Seligen” (2015) and “Rückwärtswalzer oder die Manen der Familie Prischinger” (2019). In 2024, Kaiser received the international Jonathan Swift Prize for satirical and comic literature.