David Jokschat

Born 1991 in the Swabian Jura/Germany and raised in the southern Allgäu region.

David Jokschat is a German writer. He studied philosophy and German literature at the University of Konstanz, Konstanz/Germany, and literary writing and editing at the Literaturinstitut Hildesheim, Hildesheim/Germany.

His first literary works were published in various anthologies. He was a finalist at the 30th open mike, received an annual fellowship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in 2025, and was awarded a working grant by the State of Lower Saxony. He lives on the move and is currently working on his first novel. Had he not started writing, he would be working with wood.