Julia Weber was born in Moshi (Tanzania) in 1983. She returned to Zurich with her family in 1985. After completing an apprenticeship and her school-leaving certificate, she studied literary writing at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel from 2009 to 2012. In 2012, she founded the Literature Service and is co-founder of the art action group “Literature for what happens”. She has been honoured with the Franz Tumler Prize and the Alfred Döblin Medal for “Immer ist alles schön”. She received the Schiller Prize together with Heinz Helle for “Die Vermengung” in 2023. She also received the Alemannic Literature Prize for «Die Vermengung» in 2024. Julia Weber lives in Zurich with her husband and two children.
