1921   -   2016

country of citizenship: First Republic of Austria, Nazi Germany, Austria
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Gymnasium Sacre Coeur Wien, Ursulinenkloster Wien, University of Vienna
occupation: writer, radio playwright
award received: Anton Wildgans Prize, Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize, Nelly Sachs Prize, Immermann-Preis, Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts, Weilheim Literature Prize, Award of the Gruppe 47, Manès-Sperber-Preis, Günter-Eich-Preis, Franz-Kafka-Preis, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, Österreichischer Kunstpreis für Literatur, Franz Nabl Prize, City of Vienna Literature Prize, Peter Rosegger award, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Österreichischer Förderungspreis für Literatur, Roswitha Prize, Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln, Austrian State Prize for European Literature
influenced by: Franz Kafka