Ilse Aichinger
1921
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2016
country of citizenship: First Republic of Austria, 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, poet
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, Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature, Roswitha Prize, Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln, Austrian State Prize for European Literature
influenced by: Franz Kafka
Ilse Aichinger (1 November 1921 – 11 November 2016) was an Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry. She wrote poems, short stories and radio plays, and won multiple European literary prizes. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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