Viktor Gallandi

Writing

Born 1989 in Berlin. He studied BA Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism in Hildesheim as well as Buddhist Studies at the University of Kathmandu, Nepal. From 2013 to 2016, he completed a Master's degree in Literary Writing at the University of Hildesheim, graduating with a thesis on contemporary political writing. He also worked as a tutor and lecturer at the Hildesheim Institute for Literary Writing and Literature Studies during this time. He was awarded the FM4-wortlaut literature prize of the ORF and received the working scholarship of Niedersachsen. He has published short stories and prose in magazines and anthologies and worked on several screenplay projects. His first feature film script We Might As Well Be Dead (co-authored with director Natalia Sinelnikova) premiered at the 72. Berlinale in 2022. Since 2020 he is represented by the literary agency Michael Gaeb in Berlin.