Ricarda Messner
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Ricarda Messner
Ricarda Messner was born in 1989 and is the cofounder and editor of Flaneur magazine. Each issue of Flaneur is dedicated to a street in a different city, and the publication has received multiple awards. Where the Name Lives is her debut novel, for which she received the Alfred Doblin Scholarship. She lives and works in Berlin.
Ricarda Messner was born in 1989 and is the cofounder and editor of Flaneur magazine. Each issue of Flaneur is dedicated to a street in a different city, and the publication has received multiple awards. Where the Name Lives is her debut novel, for which she received the Alfred Doblin Scholarship. She lives and works in Berlin.
Awards (selection)
Fulda Literature Prize 2025
Alfred Döblin Scholarship
Alfred Döblin Scholarship
Fulda Literature Prize 2025
Alfred Döblin Scholarship
Alfred Döblin Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2025
Ricarda MessnerYear of Publication: 2025
Where the Name Lives
Number 36 and 37, they lived here side by side for years. As a child, she would play table tennis on the glass-topped table in her grandparents’ apartment. As an adult, she eventually has to clear...
Rights sold to:
Latvia (Aminori), Croatia (antìpōd)
Domestic rights sales: German radio play (SWR)