List of Austrian writers
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This is a list of Austrian writers and poets.
| Contents: | Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] C
- Elias Canetti, writer (born in Russe, 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 Romania, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
[edit] D
- Michael Denis, poet
- Heimito von Doderer, writer, 1896-1966, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
[edit] E
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist)
- Gustav Ernst, playwright and novelist
[edit] F
- Franzobel, (real name: Stefan Griebl), poet
- 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
[edit] G
- Franz Grillparzer, poet, 1791-1872, Vienna
[edit] H
- 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
[edit] J
- Ernst Jandl, experimental lyric
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature
[edit] 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
[edit] L
- Alexander Lernet-Holenia, novelist, poet, playwright
- Nikolaus Lenau, poet 1802-1850
- Cvetka Lipus, poet, born 1966
[edit] 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
- Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, writer and dramatist, (1806-1871)
[edit] N
- Günther Nenning, journalist, born 1921
- Johann Nestroy, playwright
- Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children)
[edit] P
- Leo Perutz, writer
- Andreas P. Pittler, writer, born 1964
[edit] R
- Doron Rabinovici, Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist
- Ferdinand Raimund, writer and dramatist
- Christoph Ransmayr, writer (1954-)
- Neidhard von Reuental, writer and poet 13th century
- Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist
- Peter Rosegger, writer 1843-1918
- Joseph Roth, writer (Radetzkymarsch)
[edit] 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 1869)
- Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize winner
[edit] T
- Friedrich Torberg, narrative writer, essayist, script author 1908-1979, born in Vienna
- Georg Trakl, poet
[edit] W
- Karl Heinrich Waggerl, novelist
- Franz Werfel, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Oswald von Wolkenstein, writer and composer 1376-1445
[edit] Z
- Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz, dramatist and poet
- Stefan Zweig, writer, 1881-1942, born in Vienna
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