Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard

(1931–1989) novelist Austria

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Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989) was a Austria novelist, known for The Loser|Extinction|Woodcutters|Heldenplatz|Correction.

About Thomas Bernhard

Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial literature that was pessimistic about the human condition and highly critical of post-war Austrian and European culture. He developed a distinctive prose style often featuring multiple perspectives on characters and events, idiosyncratic vocabulary and punctuation, and long monologues by protagonists on the verge of insanity.

Known for:

The Loser|Extinction|Woodcutters|Heldenplatz|Correction

Notable works:

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Awards:

Anton Wildgans Prize|Grimme-Preis|Feltrinelli Prize|Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen|Franz-Grillparzer-Preis|Georg Büchner Prize|Prix Médicis étranger|Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature

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