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Anna Mitgutsch

アンナ・ミトグーシュ

Anna Mitgutsch

Aliases: Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1948-10-02 (Linz)
Nationality
Austria
Languages
German, English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Linz, Austria → Boston, United States

Career

Occupations
writer, educator
Active Years
1974-2024

Education

University of Salzburg
German and English literature
Degree: Diss. Phil.
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: Austria

Awards

Brüder-Grimm-Preis der Stadt Hanau
1985
Organization: City of Hanau
Result: 受賞
Cultural Prize of the State of Upper Austria
1986
Organization: State of Upper Austria
Result: 受賞
Claassen-Rose Prize
1986
Organization: Claassen
Result: 受賞
Prize of the city of Bozen
1990
Organization: City of Bozen
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1992
Result: 受賞
Prize of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Literature and Art
1995
Organization: Austrian Federal Ministry of Literature and Art
Result: 受賞
Solothurner Literaturpreis
2001
Result: 受賞
Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der Stadt Linz für Verdienste um die Kultur
2019
Organization: City of Linz
Result: 受賞
Adalbert Stifter Prize
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die Züchtigung / Three Daughters

1985 novel

Story of three daughters.

familysocial indifference
Translations
  • 1987: Three daughters (English)

Haus der Kindheit / House of Childhood

2000 novel

Story revolving around house of childhood.

past and presentmemory
Translations
  • 2006: House of Childhood (English)

Bibliography

  • Zur Lyrik von Ted Hughes
  • Die Züchtigung / Three Daughters
  • Das andere Gesicht
  • Ausgrenzung
  • In fremden Städten / In Foreign Cities
  • Abschied von Jerusalem / Lover, Traitor: A Jerusalem Story
  • Haus der Kindheit / House of Childhood
  • Familienfest
  • Zwei Leben und ein Tag
  • Wenn du wiederkommst
  • Die Grenzen der Sprache
  • Die Welt, die Rätsel bleibt
  • Die Annäherung
  • Unzustellbare Briefe

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style that makes the reader uncomfortableDepiction of antagonistic society
Recurring Motifs
Exclusion from societyConnections between present and past

Legacy

Important contemporary Austrian writer known for novels on social exclusion and historical connections, with several translations into English.