Elfriede Jelinek | |
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| Born | 20 October 1946 Mürzzuschlag, Austria |
| Occupation | Playwright, novelist |
| Education | University of Vienna |
| Genre | Feminism, social criticism, postdramatic theatre |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Notable works | The Piano Teacher, Die Kinder der Toten, Greed, Lust |
| Notable awards | Georg Büchner Prize 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 |
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Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʁiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) 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".[1] She is considered to be among the most important living playwrights of the German language.[2]
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Delgado, Maria M.; Lease, Bryce; Rebellato, Dan (22 July 2020). Contemporary European Playwrights. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-62053-6.