Markus Köhle

Markus Köhle (*1975) writes to be heard.

He is author, spoken word performer, poetry slammer and hosts a literary festival, as well as various renowned poetry events all over Austria.

He studied German and Romance philology in Innsbruck and Rome and worked as a research project assistant at the University of Innsbruck from 2004 to 2006. Since 2001, he has been active as a writer, literary critic, scholar of literature, and literary event organizer.

Since 2002, he has organized poetry slams and regularly gives readings, lectures, and workshops at schools, universities, and cultural institutions both in Austria and abroad. His international engagements have included appearances at the Austrian Library in Budapest, Yerevan, and Volgograd; the Goethe Institutes in Alexandria and Tashkent; the Austrian Cultural Forums in Ljubljana, Cairo, and Rome; the Summer Academy in Zakynthos; and universities in Astana, Bucharest, Manila, Prague, and Stellenbosch, among others.

For more than 20 years he has been writing poems, stories and novels for children and adults. He is publishing the literary magazine „DUM“: www.dum.at

On his website you will find videos and links to other projects: www.autohr.at

Recent books:
„Land der Zäune“(„Land of fences“ Novel. 2025).
„Das Dorf ist wie das Internet, es vergisst nichts“ („Villages are like the internet, they don't forget“ Novel. 2023).
„Zurück in die Herkunft“ („Back to the origins“ Poems, Stories. 2021),
„Ganz schön frech“ („Pretty cheeky“ Poems for the whole family. 2019)