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Also known as Ruth Keller

Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)

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Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) was an Austrian poet, writer, journalist, and screenwriter. Born in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, she worked in Vienna and was a member of Group 47 and the German Academy for Language and Literature. Her notable work includes *Malina*, and she was influenced by Ilse Aichinger. Bachmann received the Anton Wildgans Prize, the Georg Büchner Prize, and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

She spoke German and Italian. Her archives are held at the Austrian National Library. Bachmann had unmarried partners Max Frisch and Paul Celan. She died in Rome in 1973 from an accidental death.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1926
Died
1973
Works
140

Top works

  • Gedichte, die glücklich machen
  • Seçmeler
  • Psalm
  • Die Zikaden
  • The Other Persuasion

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Film & TV

Writing · Klagenfurt, Austria

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
Austria
Active from
1926
Active to
1973

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
574
Total plays
6,241

Ingeborg Bachmann (June 25, 1926 - October 17, 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Bachmann's work primarily focuses on themes like personal boundaries, establishment of the truth, and philosophy of language, the latter in the tradition of Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Her doctoral dissertation expresses her growing disillusionment with Heidegerrian Existentialism, which was in part resolved through her growing interest in Wittgenstein, whose Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus signif

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ingeborg
Family name
Bachmann
Gender
female
Citizenship
Austria
Place of death
Rome
Languages spoken
Italian
Field of work
essay
Image
Ingeborg-Bachmann-1962 (cropped).jpg
Work location
Vienna
Residence
Rome
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Ingeborg Bachmann
date of birth
1926-00-00
date of death
1973-00-00
manner of death
accidental death
influenced by
Ilse Aichinger
unmarried partner
Paul Celan
writing language
German
start of work period
1950-00-00
end of work period
1973-00-00
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Works in European collections

22 objects attributed to Ingeborg Bachmann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Ingeborg Bachmann ( Austrian German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ ˈbaxman]; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by German philologist Harald Patzer.

Early life and education

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