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Marlen Haushofer

Born

in Frauenstein (Gemeinde Molln), Austria

April 11, 1920

Died

March 21, 1970

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Marlen Haushofer was born in Frauenstein, Molln, Austria on April the 11th, 1920. She went to a Catholic gymnasium that was turned in a public school under the Nazi regime. She started her studies on German Language and Literature, in 1940 in Vienna and later on in Graz. She married the dentist Manfred Haushofer in 1941, they divorced in 1950 but reunited in 1957. They had a son together, in addition to the one son she had brought to their “second” marriage.

Although Marlen Haushofer won prizes for her work and gained critics laud, she was an almost forgotten author until the Women's Movement rediscovered her, with special attention of the role of women in the male-dominated society themes in her work.

Die Wand (The Wall) can be seen as her ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 43,725 ratings · 6,639 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wall really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,275 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer, Shaun Whiteside (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 2,748 ratings — published 1958 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Mansarde 3.78 avg rating — 937 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wir töten Stella / Das fünfte Jahr 3.88 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 1958 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Himmel, der nirgendwo endet 4.20 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1966 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een handvol leven by Marlen Haushofer, Anne Folkertsma (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1955 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Tapetentür 3.93 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 1957	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bartls Abenteuer 3.82 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schreckliche Treue. Gesammelte Erzählungen. 4.26 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1968 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wir töten Stella und andere Erzählungen 4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brav sein ist schwer (2 books)
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4.55 avg rating — 29 ratings

Freedom looks a lot like slavery to Coleman and his sister, June. Though the Civil War has ended, the brother and sister are still living...

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May 2026 New School Classics Poll

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 1987, 401 pages

38 votes, 29.2%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 1924, 256 pages

26 votes, 20.0%

In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck 1936, 304 pages

21 votes, 16.2%

The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd 2004, 213 pages

11 votes, 8.5%

One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes 1947, 192 pages

11 votes, 8.5%

The Birds by Tarjei Vesaas 1957, 234 pages

8 votes, 6.2%

Time and Again by Jack Finney 1970, 400 pages

8 votes, 6.2%

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer 1963, 240 pages

7 votes, 5.4%

130 total votes

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