List of Austrian writers explained
This is a list of Austrian writers, including poets.
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B
- Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet
- Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
- Christoph W. Bauer (1968–), novelist
- Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), dramatist
- Johann Beer (17th century), writer and composer
- Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), dramatist, novelist, poet, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
- Edmund Blum (1874–1938)
- Hermann Broch (1886–1951), writer
- Max Brod (1884–1968), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, wrote in German
C
- Elias Canetti (1905–1994), writer (born in Rustschuk, Bulgaria), wrote in German, Nobel Prize in Literature 1981
- Veza Canetti (1897–1963) poet, playwright, and short story writer
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), literary critic and foremost historian of Literature
- Paul Celan (1920–1970), poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
- Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches
D
E
F
- Lilian Faschinger (born 1950), novelist, poet, and literary translator
- Franzobel (born 1967) (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
- Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis
- Alfred Fried (1864–1921), writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
- Erich Fried (1921–1988), poet and novelist
- Egon Friedell (1878–1938), author, journalist and actor
- Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), writer and novelist
G
- Karl-Markus Gauß (born 1954), essayist, Salzburg
- Karin Gayer (born 1969), writer, Mödling and Vienna
- Thomas Glavinic (born 1972), writer, Graz
- Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), writer
- Constantin Göttfert (born 1979), writer
- Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), dramatist, Vienna
H
- Wolf Haas (born 1960), writer best known for his Brenner novels
- Friedrich Halm (1806–1871)
- Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet
- Peter Handke (born 1942), author, born in Griffen (Carinthia)
- Josef Haslinger (born 1955), writer
- Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna
- Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller
- Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986), playwright
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), dramatist, writer
- Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary
J
K
- Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), writer, born in Linz, wrote in German[1]
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Ernst Kein (1928-1985), writer, born in Vienna, wrote in German
- Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet
- Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist
- Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian
- Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist
- Anton Kuh (1890–1941), writer and journalist
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
- Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), dramatist and writer
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), writer and journalist
- Hamid Sadr (born 1946), author from Iran
- Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi)
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), writer
- Barbara Schurz (born 1973), writer and painter
- Werner Schwab (1958–1994), playwright
- Erich Fritz Schweinburg (1890–1959), writer
- Robert Seethaler (born 1966), writer and actor
- Hans Werner Sokop (born 1942), poet and translator
- Jura Soyfer (1912–1933), cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
- Manès Sperber (1905–1984), Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
- Fritz Spiegl (1926–2003), journalist
- Walter Johannes Stein (1891–1957), historian
- Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), writer and philosopher
- Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), poet and artist
- Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Nobel Peace Prize winner
T
V
W
- Franz Werfel (1890–1945), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher
- Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian[2]
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer
Z
See also
Notes and References
- News: Autorin Eugenie Kain 49-jährig gestorben . Der Standard . 8 January 2010 . de.
- Web site: Alma S. Wittlin (1899–1992) Preliminary remarks on the life and scholarship of an Austrian émigré . Institute of Modern Languages Research . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170235/http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Research%20Centres/Exile/Kraeutler%20Seminar%20Details%20(6-03-13).pdf . 14 November 2016 .