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Biography
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004. Jelinek's output has included radio plays, poetry, theatre texts, polemical essays, anthologies, novels, translations, screenplays, musical compositions, libretti and ballets, film and video art. She has also appeared in a couple of feature films. She is probably best known for her novel "Die Klavierspielerin/The Piano Player" published 1983.
Awards & recognition
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 2024
- Grand Cross of Honor — Services to the Republic of Austria · 2024
- honorary citizen of Vienna · 2023
- Ring of Honour of the Austrian state Styria · 2023
- Nestroy theater award/lifetime achievement · 2021
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- Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis · 2011
- Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis · 2009
- Franz Kafka Prize · 2004
- Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis · 2004
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 2004
- Stig Dagerman Prize · 2004
- Heinrich Heine Prize · 2002
- Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis · 2002
- manuskripte award · 2000
- Georg Büchner Prize · 1998
- Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen · 1996
- Peter-Weiss Prize · 1994
- Walter-Hasenclever-Preis der Stadt Aachen · 1994
- City of Vienna Literature Prize · 1989
- Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark · 1987
- Heinrich-Böll-Preis · 1986
- Österreichischer Kunstpreis für Literatur · 1983
- Roswitha Prize · 1978
