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Thomas Bernhard. Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard ( German: [ˈtoːmas ˈbɛʁnhaʁt]; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial ...
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- February 12, 1989
- February 9, 1931
- The Loser by Thomas Bernhard, Jack Dawson (Translator), Renata Colorni (Translator), Mati Sirkel (Translator)
- Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock (Translator)
- Wittgenstein's Nephew.
- Concrete by Thomas Bernhard, David McLintock (Translator)
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. Bernhard was born in a Holland convent; his mother, unwed at the time, had
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Thomas Bernhard. Art, Philosophical, Needs. 29 Copy quote. You've always lived a life of pretense, not a real life-- a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real. Thomas Bernhard. Real, Genuine, Existence.
Apr 17, 2013 · A review of six novels by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, who is considered one of the greatest authors in the German language since World War II. The novels are characterized by their black humor, realism, and criticism of social and personal failures.
Learn about the life and work of Thomas Bernhard, a German-language writer known for his acerbic, misanthropic, and unrelenting novels and plays. Find out how he was influenced by Kafka and Wittgenstein, and why he banned his work in Austria.
David McLintock, one of Bernhard's several highly gifted translators, began his Times Literary Supplement article on him with the observation that "Thomas Bernhard is a best-selling author in German-speaking countries and much esteemed in France, Spain and Italy. Yet in Great Britain and the United States he has few readers, despite the efforts of two distinguished publishing houses and six or more translators" (7).
