Michael Köhlmeier was born in 1949 in Hard am Bodensee and now lives in Hohenems/Vorarlberg and Vienna.
Hanser has published his novels Abendland (2007), Zwei Herren am Strand (2014) Matou (2021), Frankie (2023) and Das Philosophenschiff (2024), as well as Die Märchen (will illustrations by Nikolaus Heidelbach, 2019) and the poetry collections Der Liebhaber bald nach dem Frühstück (2012) and Ein Vorbild für die Tiere (2017). Michael Köhlmeier has received numerous awards.