Elfriede Jelinek
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Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian writer known for her work in both plays and novels. Her writing is significant in contemporary literature for its distinctive voice and exploration of complex themes through these dramatic and literary forms.
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- Born
- 20 October 1946
- Works
- 161
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- Children of the Dead
- Ein Sportstück
- Ach Deutschland
- Die Klavierspielerin
- Raststätte, oder, Sie machens alle
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- 227
- Total plays
- 2,760
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Elfriede Jelinek (pronunciation in IPA: [ˀɛlˈfʀiːdɛ ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946 in Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian feminist playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004, "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." <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elfriede+Jelinek">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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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". She is considered to be among the most important living playwrights of the German language.
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