Elfriede Jelinek - World Literary Awards

プロフィール

性別: 女性
生誕: 1946-10-20 （Mürzzuschlag district, Styria (then Allied-occupied Austria)）
国籍: Austria
言語: German
宗教: Catholic (mother); Jewish-Czech ancestry on father's side
居住地歴: Styria (birthplace) → Vienna (long-term residence)

経歴

職業: novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter, translator
活動期間: 1967年〜
所属団体: Austrian Communist Party (1974–1991)
影響を受けた人物: Marxist thought, Musical and poetic traditions
影響を与えた人物: Contemporary German-language feminist literature and politically engaged playwrights

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
Vienna Conservatory (municipal music school)	—	Organ, piano, composition	—	1960年代 - 1971	Austria
University of Vienna	—	Art history and theatre studies	—	1960年代（中退）	Austria

Vienna Conservatory (municipal music school)

Organ, piano, composition

期間: 1960年代 - 1971

卒業年: 1971

国: Austria

Passed state organist examination

University of Vienna

Art history and theatre studies

期間: 1960年代（中退）

国: Austria

Published a poetry collection while enrolled; left university in 1967 to pursue writing

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1998	Georg Büchner Prize	—	—	German literary prize organization	受賞
2004	Franz Kafka Prize	—	—	Franz Kafka Society / Prize Committee	受賞
2004	Nobel Prize in Literature	—	—	Swedish Academy	受賞

Georg Büchner Prize

1998

主催: German literary prize organization

結果: 受賞

Franz Kafka Prize

2004

主催: Franz Kafka Society / Prize Committee

結果: 受賞

Nobel Prize in Literature

2004

主催: Swedish Academy

結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

Roswitha Prize 1回登壇

第6回（1978年） Winner

Georg Büchner Prize 1回登壇

第73回（1998年） Winner

Heinrich Heine Prize 1回登壇

第0回（2002年） Winner

Nobel Prize in Literature 1回登壇

第97回（2004年） Winner

Franz Kafka Prize 1回登壇

第4回（2004年） Winner

作品

代表作

The Piano Teacher (Die Klavierspielerin)

1983年 Novel

A psychological novel set in Vienna examining oppressive family relationships and sexual domination; notable for its austere, rhythmical, music-like prose.

patriarchysex and poweroppression

映像化・舞台化

[Film] The Piano Teacher / ミヒャエル・ハネケ (Michael Haneke) (2001)

翻訳

Translated into Japanese by Keiko Nakagomi

The Children of the Dead (Die Kinder der Toten)

1995年 Novel

An ambitious, often gothic-tinged novel that mixes history, memory and death in a visionary, allegorical narrative.

memorydeathcritique of history

翻訳

Translated into Japanese by Keiko Nakagomi and others

Lust

1989年 Novel

A work focusing on sex, violence and desire; characteristic for Jelinek's cold, fragmentary style.

sexviolencedesire

翻訳

Translated into Japanese by Keiko Nakagomi and Rita Brill

全著作

Michael (1972)
The Lovers (Die Liebhaberinnen, 1975)
The Piano Teacher (1983)
The Children of the Dead (1995)
Greed (2000)

翻案

'The Piano Teacher' adapted into film by Michael Haneke (2001, Cannes Grand Prix)

作品の翻訳

'The Piano Teacher' Japanese translation (Keiko Nakagomi, 2002)
'No Light' Japanese translation (Tachiki Hayashi, 2012)

作風・主題

文体: experimental, fragmentary prose incorporating musical rhythms and counterpointaustere and ironic narrative voicepolitically and socially critical, often cynical expression
頻出モチーフ: critique of patriarchyrelations between sex and powermemory and death

評価・遺産

Jelinek is one of the leading figures in contemporary German-language literature, acclaimed for her musical prose and sharp social critique. Her 2004 Nobel Prize cemented international recognition, and she has remained a contentious figure.

大衆文化への影響

The film adaptation of 'The Piano Teacher' (dir. Michael Haneke, 2001) was acclaimed at Cannes and raised the profile of the original work.

引用

"For her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity and suffering of a society."

出典: The Nobel Committee (award citation, 2004) (2004年)

豆知識

After winning the 2004 Nobel Prize, she expressed reluctance about becoming a public figure.
Has been strongly criticized by conservative commentators for explicit sexual depictions.
Member of the Austrian Communist Party from 1974 to 1991.