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Ilse Aichinger

イルゼ・アイヒンガー

Iruze Aihhingā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1921-11-01 (Vienna)
Died
2016-11-11 (Vienna) age 95
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German
Religion
Catholic
Residence History
Linz → Vienna

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Playwright, WW2 survivor
Active Years
1945-2016
Affiliations
Institute of Creative Writing in Ulm, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Memberships
Gruppe 47, Academy of Arts, Berlin

Education

University of Vienna
Medical Faculty / Medicine
Period: 1945-1948
Country: Austria
Dropped out

Awards

Group 47 Literature Prize
1952
Organization: Group 47
Result: 受賞
Immermann-Preis
1955
Work: Der Gefesselte
Result: 受賞
Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen
1955
Work: Der Gefesselte
Organization: City of Bremen
Result: 受賞
Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
1961
Organization: Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1968
Result: 受賞
Nelly Sachs Prize
1971
Result: 受賞
Roswitha Prize
1975
Result: 受賞
Franz Nabl Prize
1979
Result: 受賞
Petrarca-Preis
1982
Result: 受賞
Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
1984
Result: 受賞
Europalia Literature Prize
1987
Organization: Europalia
Result: 受賞
Grand Austrian State Prize
1995
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: 受賞
Erich Fried Prize
1997
Result: 受賞
Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
2000
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die größere Hoffnung

1948 Novel

Surrealist account of a child's persecution by the Nazis in Vienna.

Nazi persecutionWar
Adaptations
  • [Stage play] Die größere Hoffnung (2015)
Translations
  • Herod's Children

Bibliography

  • The Fourth Gate
  • Herod's Children
  • Mirror Story
  • The Bound Man

Adaptations

  • Knöpfe (stage 1957)
  • Zu keiner Stunde (stage 1996)

Translations of Works

  • Herod's Children (1963)
  • The Bound Man and Other Stories (1955)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise Kafka-likeSurrealistMulti-valued symbolism
Recurring Motifs
Human sufferingEmotional aspectsMirror stories

Legacy

Known for accounts of Nazi persecution due to Jewish ancestry; Die größere Hoffnung is one of the top German-language novels of the 20th century.

Trivia

  • Twin sister Helga.
  • Married to poet Günter Eich.