Hotel Matze live – Caroline Wahl über Ehrgeiz, Erfolg und das Schreiben

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"I want to be one of the most famous authors in Germany" - Caroline Wahl caused a lot of discussion with this statement during her first visit to Hotel Matze in May 2024. "It's very honest and very unappealing," she says herself, "but it's kind of like that. It's inside me." Is it even allowed to express such ambitions out loud without being considered presumptuous? And why are her male colleagues, who are similarly ambitious and loud, apparently viewed less critically? After almost a year, Matze Hielscher and Caroline Wahl resume their conversation in this live podcast episode. In the meantime, Caroline Wahl's second novel Windstärke 17 has been published, which, like her debut "22 Bahnen", dominated the bestseller lists for a long time. The two talk about the challenges of the literary world, what it means to live out one's ambition and how success affects Wahl's life.

You can find the complete lit.COLOGNE program here!