Elfriede Jelinek





Elfriede Jelinek

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born
in Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria
October 20, 1946

gender
female

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influences
Ingeborg Bachmann, Robert Musil


About this author

Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power.", though her election remains controversial as one of the Swedish Academy members left and said that giving her the prize "has not only done irreparable damage to all progressive forces, it has also confused the general view of literature as an art".


Average rating: 3.55 · 4,634 ratings · 485 reviews · 62 distinct works · Similar authors
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“Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive.”
Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher

“He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books.”
Elfriede Jelinek, Wonderful, Wonderful Times

“Vice is basically the love of failure.”
Elfriede Jelinek, Pianolærerinnen

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