Austrian literature  

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Austrian literature is the German language literature written in Austria. We can speak about Austrian literature in the strict sense from the year 1803 on when Francis II disbanded Holy Roman Empire and established Austrian Empire. A more liberal definition incorporates all the literary works written on the territory of historical Austria and German speaking authors who were tightly connected with the country. The Austrian literature must be considered in close connection with German literature in general and the borderline between proper German literature and the Austrian one is fuzzy. This is a list of Austrian writers and poets.

A

• Ilse Aichinger, writer (born 1921)
• Peter Altenberg, writer and poet 1859-1919
• Jean Améry, writer 1912-1978
• Ernst Angel, writer, poet and psychologist 1894-1986
• Johann Anzengruber, writer 1810-1844
• Ludwig Anzengruber, writer 1839-1889
• H.C. Artmann, poet and writer (died 2000)
• Cornelius Hermann von Ayrenhoff, writer and soldier

B

• Ingeborg Bachmann, poet, 1926-1973
• Hermann Bahr, playwright, novelist 1863-1934
• Otto Basil, writer and journalist
• Eduard von Bauernfeld, dramatist
• Johann Beer, writer and composer (17th century)
• Thomas Bernhard, dramatist, novelist, poet, 1931-1989, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
• Hermann Broch, writer
• Max Brod, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary 1884, wrote in German

C

• Elias Canetti, writer (born in Rustschuk, Austria-Hungary 1905), wrote in German, Nobel Prize in Literature 1981
• Otto Maria Carpeaux, literary critic and foremost historian of Literature, 1900-1978
• Paul Celan, poet (born in Cernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German

D

• Michael Denis, poet
• Heimito von Doderer, writer, 1896-1966, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna

E

• Klaus Ebner, writer
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist)
• Gustav Ernst, playwright and novelist

F

• Franzobel, (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
• Alfred Fried, writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
• Erich Fried, poet and novelist
• Egon Friedell, author, journalist and actor
• Sigmund Freud, philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis

G

• Franz Grillparzer, poet, 1791-1872, Vienna

Paula Grogger [Styria]

H

• Friedrich Halm, (1806-1871)
• Robert Hamerling, poet, 1830-1889
• Peter Handke, author, born in 1942 in Griffen (Carinthia)
• Fritz Hochwälder, playwright
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer
• Ödön von Horváth, writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary, 1901-1938
• Wolf Haas, detective novel-author 1960

J

• Ernst Jandl, experimental lyric
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature

K

• Franz Kafka, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Egon Erwin Kisch, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Ludwig von Köchel, writer, composer, botanist, music historian
• Karl Kraus, essayist, poet, dramatist, 1874-1936
• Anton Kuh, writer and journalist

L

• Alexander Lernet-Holenia, novelist, poet, playwright
• Nikolaus Lenau, poet 1802-1850
• Cvetka Lipus, poet, born 1966

M

• Robert Menasse, writer and publicist
• Gustav Meyrink, writer (1868-1932)
• Rosa Mayreder, writer and suffragette
• Friederike Mayröcker, contemporary writer, born 1924
• Frederic Morton, journalist and novelist, born 1924
• Robert Musil, writer
• Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm, writer and dramatist, (1806-1871)

N

• Günther Nenning, journalist
• Johann Nestroy, playwright
• Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children)

P

• Leo Perutz, writer
• Andreas P. Pittler, writer, born 1964

R

• Doron Rabinovici, Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist
• Ferdinand Raimund, writer and dramatist
• Christoph Ransmayr, writer (1954-)
• Neidhart von Reuental, writer and poet 13th century
• Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist
• Peter Rosegger, writer 1843-1918
• Joseph Roth, writer (Radetzkymarsch)

S

• Ferdinand von Saar, dramatist and writer (19th century)
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer and journalist
• Felix Salten, Jewish writer 1869-1945 (most famous work Bambi)
• Arthur Schnitzler, writer
• Barbara Schurz, writer and painter
• Werner Schwab, playwright
• Jura Soyfer, cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
• Otto Soyka, writer 1882-1955
• Manès Sperber, Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
• Fritz Spiegl, journalist
• Hilde Spiel, writer and journalist
• Walter Johannes Stein, historian
• Rudolf Steiner, writer and philosopher
• Adalbert Stifter, poet and artist (died 1868)
• Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize winner

T

• Franziska Tausig, Holocaust survivor and memoirist
• Friedrich Torberg, narrative writer, essayist, script author 1908-1979, born in Vienna
• Georg Trakl, poet

W

• Karl Heinrich Waggerl, novelist
• Franz Werfel, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Oswald von Wolkenstein, writer and composer 1376-1445

Z

• Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz, dramatist and poet
• Stefan Zweig, writer, 1881-1942, born in Vienna