Author
Ilse Aichinger
Austrian writer
1921
-
2016
country of citizenship:
First Republic of Austria, Nazi Germany, Austria
native language:
German
language of expression:
German
educated at:
Gymnasium Sacre Coeur Wien, Ursulinenkloster Wien, University of Vienna
occupation:
writer
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
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.
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624Der Protest [Boykott der Deutschland-Fernsehen GmbH]
Ein Boykottaufruf deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller.
author:
Ilse Aichinger, Herbert Asmodi, Heinrich Böll, Günter Eich, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Günter Grass, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Peter Hirche, Walter Jens, Uwe Johnson, Robert Jungk, Joachim Kaiser, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Hans Werner Richter, Klaus Roehler, Peter Rühmkorf, Paul Schallück, Martin Walser, Dieter Wellershoff, Wolfgang Weyrauch