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Thomas Bernhard was born on 9 February 1931 in Heerlen, the Netherlands, where his unmarried Austrian mother, Herta Bernhard, worked as a maid. In the autumn of 1931, Herta took Thomas to Vienna to live with her parents: Anna Bernhard and her de facto husband, the novelist Johannes Freumbichler.
Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilization in general and Austrian culture in particular.
Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who ranks among the most distinguished German-speaking writers of the second half of the 20th century.
Discover Thomas Bernhard famous and rare quotes. Share Thomas Bernhard quotations about writing, walking and pleasure. "It would be wrong to refuse to face..."
Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. Known for his critical and often controversial works, he is considered one of the most important authors of the 20th century in the German-speaking world.
Chantal Thomas's Thomas Bernhard, which appeared in 1990, was, in turn, the first significant critical study devoted exclusively to his work. Since 1991, Gallimard has been publishing Bernhard's work in paperback editions, which is, as Porcell notes, the unmistakable sign that Bernhard has been accepted into the pantheon of literary classics.
Novelist, poet, and playwright Thomas Bernhard is one of the great German-language writers of the latter half of the 20th century. His work is often described as acerbic, misanthropic, and unrelenting.
Feb 17, 1989 · Thomas Bernhard, an Austrian playwright and novelist whose last theater work caused demonstrations and a censorship dispute when it was staged in Vienna several months ago, died of a heart...
Though he is Austrian, Thomas Bernhard was actually born (in 1931) in a Dutch home for unwed mothers. He never knew his father, who did not acknowledge Bernhard as his son and who was killed in Germany during World War II.
Thomas Bernhard. in English: works, essays, reviews. about this site. Complete story "Two Tutors" from Prosa. "What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth." Gathering Evidence p. 161.
