Thomas Bernhard
1931
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1989
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Austria
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Mozarteum University Salzburg
occupation: writer, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, poet, linguist
award received: Anton Wildgans Prize, Georg Büchner Prize, Prix Médicis étranger, Feltrinelli Prize, Franz-Grillparzer-Preis, Grimme-Preis, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature
official website: thomasbernhard.at
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (German: [ˈtoːmas ˈbɛʁnhaʁt]; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilization in general and Austrian culture in particular. Bernhard's body of work has been called "the most significant literary achievement since World War II." He is widely considered to be one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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