Quick Facts About Elfriede Jelinek
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Writer
- Notable works
- Die Klavierspielerin
- Known for
- The Children of the Dead, The Piano Teacher, Women as Lovers, Wonderful, Wonderful Times
- Spouse
- Gottfried Hüngsberg
About Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors to write in German and 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". She is considered to be among the most important living playwrights of the German language.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Nestroy theater award/lifetime achievement
Peter-Weiss Prize
Roswitha Prize
Georg Büchner Prize
Stig Dagerman Prize
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Walter-Hasenclever-Preis der Stadt Aachen
Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
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honorary citizen of Vienna
Franz Kafka Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark
Österreichischer Kunstpreis für Literatur
Heinrich-Böll-Preis
Heinrich Heine Prize
Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen
manuskripte award
Ring of Honour of the Austrian state Styria
City of Vienna Literature Prize
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis
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