Ciani-Sophia Hoeder | Thomas Mann Fellow 2024

Thomas Mann Fellow Ciani-Sophia Hoeder provides insight into her fellowship project at the Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles, a residency and space for transatlantic debate.
Ciani-Sophia Hoeder is a journalist and author from Berlin. She studied journalism and politics in Berlin and London. In 2019, she founded the online magazine RosaMag, which addresses a variety of challenges faced by Black individuals in German-speaking countries. In her work, Hoeder celebrates Blackness rather than problematizing it. In 2020, RosaMag was nominated for the Grimme Online Award, and in 2021, Hoeder received the Golden Blogger Award. Her debut book "Wut & Böse" was published in 2021, and her newest work "Vom Tellerwäscher zum Tellerwäscher" came out in 2024, both published by hanserblau.