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Ernst Jandl

えるんすと・やんどる

Ernst Jandl

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-08-01 (Vienna, Austria)
Died
2000-06-09 (Vienna, Austria) age 74
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German
Residence History
Vienna, Austria

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, translator
Active Years
1952-2000
Affiliations
Grazer Autorenversammlung
Memberships
Grazer Autorenversammlung
Influenced By
Dada
Influenced
Friederike Mayröcker

Awards

Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
1969
Work: Five Men
Organization: Kriegsblinden
Result: winner
Georg-Trakl-Preis
1974
Result: winner
Literature Prize of the City of Vienna
1976
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: winner
Austrian Prize for Literature
1978
Result: winner
Mülheim Dramatists Prize
1980
Result: winner
Anton Wildgans Prize
1982
Result: winner
Manuscripts Prize of Styria
1982
Organization: Styria
Result: winner
Georg Büchner Prize
1984
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: winner
Grand Austrian State Prize
1984
Category: 文学
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: winner
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
1985
Result: winner
Gold Medal of Vienna
1986
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: winner
Kassel Literary Prize
1987
Category: グロテスク・ユーモア
Result: winner
German Cabaret Award
1988
Result: winner
Frankfurt Hörspielpreis
1989
Result: winner
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
1990
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: winner
Peter Huchel Prize
1990
Result: winner
Kleist Prize
1993
Result: winner
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
1995
Result: winner
Medal of the Province of Styria
1995
Organization: Province of Styria
Result: winner
Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
1996
Organization: Republic of Austria
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ottos mops

1963 sound poem

Univocalic poem using only the vowel 'o' about Otto's pug dog.

word playunivocalic

lichtung

visual poetry

Visual poem known as 'lichtung' or 'lechts & rinks'.

visual poetryword deconstruction

schtzngrmm

sound poem

Experimental sound poem depicting World War I trenches through letter combinations sounding like gunfire.

waronomatopoeia

Bibliography

  • lechts und rinks. gedichte, statements, peppermints
  • laut und luise
  • Interpretationen, Gedichte von Ernst Jandl
  • aus dem wirklichen Leben: gedichte und prosa

Translations by Author

  • Gertrude Stein
  • Robert Creeley The Island
  • John Cage Silence

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental poetrysound poetryconcrete poetryvisual poetryword playphoneme play
Recurring Motifs
word fragmentationphonetic imitationgrotesque humour

Legacy

Renowned Austrian experimental poet influenced by Dada, known for sound poems (Sprechgedichte) in the tradition of concrete and visual poetry, featuring word play at phoneme level.

In Popular Culture

  • Poems like 'ottos mops' popular in education and readings.

Quotes

  • three wives i never remember my second wife i never remember my third wife i always remember what i always remember ain't ever even had a first wife
    Source: Stanzen (1992)

Trivia

  • Life partner of Friederike Mayröcker.
  • Co-founded Grazer Autorenversammlung in 1973.
  • His poems are better heard than read aloud.