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Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʁiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) 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 ...
Elfriede Jelinek (born October 20, 1946, Mürzzuschlag, Austria) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet noted for her controversial works on gender relations, female sexuality, and popular culture. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.
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Elfriede Jelinek. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004. Born: 20 October 1946, Mürzzuschlag, Austria. Residence at the time of the award: Austria. Prize motivation: “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”
Jun 16, 2005 · The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 was awarded to Elfriede Jelinek "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"
Elfriede Jelinek, the Austrian writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004, delivered a speech titled "Sidelined" at the Swedish Academy. She reflected on the role and challenges of writing in a dishevelled and disconnected reality, using ambiguities, irony and metaphors.
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Recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature, Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian poet, playwright, and novelist. Born to a Catholic-Viennese mother and a Jewish-Czech father in Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Jelinek grew up in Vienna and lost many members of her family to the Holocaust.
Learn about the life and works of Elfriede Jelinek, the Austrian novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004. Explore her themes of gender, sexuality, and popular culture in her controversial and experimental writings.
