Jakob Kraner lives in Vienna. He studied philosophy at the University of Vienna and linguistic art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He writes prose, essays and dramatic texts, performes as a musician, and organises readings and literary performances. For example: the plays ‘Jolt’ for the Garage-X-Theatre's young talent project (2012) as well as ‘Versuch, irgendetwas zu verstehen’ (2023) and an adaptation of Hofmannsthal's ‘Jedermann’ (2024) for the Waldviertler Hoftheater, interdisciplinary projects, most recently ‘ROA!’ - video art, dance, spoken word - (2023) for the Viertelfestival Niederösterreich. He is part of the literary punk band ‘Smashed To Pieces’. His works were published in magazines and anthologies such as Triëdere, Schreibheft and kolik. In 2022, his book debut ‘Kosmologie’ was published in the ‘Rohstoff’ series by Matthes & Seitz Berlin. ‘Kosmologie’ was awarded the Culture Prize of the Province of Lower Austria and was longlisted for the German Pop Literature Prize. He received a project grant for literature from the Ministry of Arts 2022 to 2023.