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Elfriede Jelinek

Born

in Mürzzuschlag, Styria, Austria

October 20, 1946

Website

http://www.elfriedejelinek.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Drama

Influences

Ingeborg Bachmann, Robert Musil, Franz Kafka, Marlen Haushofer, Paul C ...more

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Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist, best known for her novel, The Piano Teacher.

She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 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." ...more

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Elfriede Jelinek’s books

Average rating: 3.6 · 27,007 ratings · 3,332 reviews · 162 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 16,072 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women as Lovers by Elfriede Jelinek, Martin Chalmers (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 4,039 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lust 3.32 avg rating — 2,025 ratings — published 1989 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful, Wonderful Times 3.79 avg rating — 1,724 ratings — published 1980 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Greed by Elfriede Jelinek, Martin Chalmers (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2000 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek, Gitta Honegger (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Tod und das Mädchen I-V 3.54 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winterreise 3.47 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dane odosobowe by Elfriede Jelinek, Agnieszka Kowaluk (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Michael: Ein Jugendbuch für die Infantilgesellschaft 3.28 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Elfriede Jelinek (?)

“Every day, a piece of music, a short story, or a poem dies because its existence is no longer justified in our time. And things that were once considered immortal have become mortal again, no one knows them anymore. Even though they deserve to survive.”
― Elfriede Jelinek, The Piano Teacher

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“He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books.”
― Elfriede Jelinek, Wonderful, Wonderful Times

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“Vice is basically the love of failure.”
― Elfriede Jelinek, Pianolærerinnen

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Aralık 2021 - Modern Klasik Okuması
Aralık ayında aşağıdaki kitaplardan hangisini grupla birlikte okumak istersiniz?

Âşık Kadınlar - Elfriede Jelinek 1975 , 192 sayfa

15 votes 26.3%

Sis - Miguel de Unamuno 1914, 225 sayfa

12 votes 21.1%

Okuyucu - Bernhard Schlink 1995, 192 sayfa

10 votes 17.5%

Buddenbrooklar - Bir Ailenin Çöküşü - Thomas Mann 1901, 831 sayfa

10 votes 17.5%

Gün Ortasında Karanlık - Arthur Koestler 1940, 255 sayfa

10 votes 17.5%

57 total votes

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