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Ingeborg Bachmann

インゲボルク・バッハマン

Ingeborgu Bahoman

Pen Names: Ruth KellerUsed as a pen name

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1926-06-25 (Klagenfurt)
Died
1973-10-17 (Rome) age 47
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German
Residence History
Klagenfurt → Vienna → Rome

Career

Occupations
Poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, journalist
Active Years
1949-1973
Affiliations
Gruppe 47
Influenced By
Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein
Influenced
Paul Celan, Max Frisch
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature nomination (1963)

Education

University of Vienna
Philosophy / Philosophy
Degree: Ph.D.
Period: 1940年代後半-1950
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: Austria
Doctoral dissertation on the critical reception of Martin Heidegger's existential philosophy
University of Innsbruck
Philosophy, psychology, German philology, law
Country: Austria
University of Graz
Philosophy, psychology, German philology, law
Country: Austria

Awards

Prize of the Group 47
1953
Work: Die gestundete Zeit
Organization: Group 47
Result: 受賞
Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen
1957
Organization: City of Bremen
Result: 受賞
Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
1959
Work: Der gute Gott von Manhattan
Organization: Kriegsblinden
Result: 受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
1964
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1971
Result: 受賞
Grosser Osterreichischer Staatspreis
1968
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die gestundete Zeit (Time Deferred)

1953 Poetry collection

Major early poetry collection, key postwar work.

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Translations
  • English: Time Deferred

Bibliography

  • Die gestundete Zeit (1953)
  • Anrufung des großen Bären (1956)
  • The Thirtieth Year (1961)
  • Malina (1971)
  • Simultan (1972)

Adaptations

  • Adaptations including films

Translations by Author

  • Libretti for Henze

Translations of Works

  • Numerous translations into English and other languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Wittgenstein-influenced philosophy of languageinnovative postwar poetryprose from female perspective
Recurring Motifs
Fascismoppression of womenimperialismlimits of language

Health

  • Alcoholism
    晩年
    Affected work and led to death

Legacy

Major voice in 20th-century German literature. Namesake of Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. Influenced feminist literature.

Museums

  • Ingeborg Bachmann House Klagenfurt Opened in 2021
  • Robert Musil Museum Klagenfurt

Archives

  • Childhood home in Klagenfurt

In Popular Culture

  • Film 'Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert' (2023)
  • 'The Dreamed Ones' (2016)

Trivia

  • Father early member of Austrian Nazi Party
  • Lovers: Paul Celan, Max Frisch
  • Resided in Palazzo Sacchetti, Rome
  • Died from burns and barbiturate withdrawal