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Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors to write in German and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power". She is considered to be among the most importan…
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culture · Austrian playwright and novelist · writer · playwright · screenwriter · poet · translator · novelist · librettist · literary critic · also Elfriede Jelinek, Jelinek
Born 20 October 1946 · Q47243
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 4 entries
FOCUS: Elfriede Jelinek reagiert auf falsche Todesmeldung
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VIENNA: Elfriede Jelinek is Alive: Sigh of Relief After False Death Rumor - How Misinformation Spreads in the Blink of an Eye!
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n-tv Nachrichten: Literaturnobelpreisträgerin Elfriede Jelinek lebt - Falsche Todesmeldung sorgt für Verwirrung
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kleinezeitung: Elfriede Jelinek meldet sich zur Falschmeldung: „Ich lebe doch“
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2024· 3 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2024).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2024).
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Jelinek signed an open letter denouncing the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
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2023· 2 entries
Awarded Ring of Honour of the Austrian state Styria (2023).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Vienna (2023).
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2022· 3 entries
Kinozeit: Elfriede Jelinek - Die Sprache von der Leine lassen (2022)
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VIENNA: Elfriede Jelinek - Die Sprache von der Leine lassen: Kritik und Trailer zum Film
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A documentary about Jelinek was created by Claudia Müller, Elfriede Jelinek – Language Unleashed (German: Elfriede Jelinek – Die Sprache von der Leine lassen)
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2021· 1 entry
Awarded Nestroy theater award/lifetime achievement (2021).
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2004· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (2004).
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Awarded Stig Dagerman Prize (2004).
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Awarded Franz Kafka Prize (2004).
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Heinrich Heine Prize (2002).
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Awarded Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis (2002).
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And 2004; the Franz Kafka Prize in 2004; and the Nobel Prize in Literature, also in 2004
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded manuskripte award (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Georg Büchner Prize (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Stated that she was "[n]ot an Asperger autistic, though indeed not far off
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Walter-Hasenclever-Preis der Stadt Aachen (1994).
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Awarded Peter-Weiss Prize (1994).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded City of Vienna Literature Prize (1989).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark (1987).
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1986· 6 entries
Awarded Heinrich-Böll-Preis (1986).
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“ONA siedzi samotnie w swoim pokoju, oddzielona od tłumu, który o niej zapomniał, ponieważ tak niewiele waży.”
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“Ich will kein Theater. Ich will ein anderes Theater. (niem.)”
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“Ludzie muszą być rentowni, zanim pójdą na rentę.”
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“Śmierć zawsze jest straszna. A kto twierdzi, że boi się jedynie umierania, a nie samej śmierci, ten okłamuje sam siebie, bo przecież nie balibyśmy się umierania, gdyby nie prowadziło ono do śmierci.”
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“Prawo kobiety do samodzielnego decydowania o swoim macierzyństwie stało się jedną z tak fundamentalnych zasad, że nie tylko można usprawiedliwiać odebrania tego prawa w imię innych wartości, ale też odebranie go trzeba uznać za instrumentalizację tych wartości w celu represjonowania kobiet.”
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Österreichischer Kunstpreis für Literatur (1983).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Roswitha Prize (1978).
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1967· 2 entries
Studied at University of Vienna (1967).
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And received her first literary prize in 1969
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-10-20.
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