Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1967) Winner
Thomas Bernhard
トーマス・ベルンハルト
Tōmasu Berunharuto
Aliases:
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-02-09 （Heerlen）
- Died
- 1989-02-12 （Gmunden） age 58
- Nationality
- Austrian
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Vienna → Seekirchen → Traunstein → Salzburg → Obernathal → Gmunden
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Polemicist
- Active Years
- 1957-1989
- Influenced By
- Johannes Freumbichler, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil
- Influenced
- Elfriede Jelinek
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozarteum University Salzburg | — | Acting and Singing | — | 1955-1957 | Austria |
Mozarteum University Salzburg
Acting and Singing
Period:
1955-1957
Country:
Austria
Studied acting and singing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Georg Büchner Prize | A Party for Boris / The Lime Works | — | German Academy for Language and Literature | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Grillparzer Prize | A Party for Boris | — | Austrian Academy of Sciences | 受賞 |
| 1965 | Bremen Literature Prize | Frost | — | — | 受賞 |
Georg Büchner Prize
1970
Work:
A Party for Boris / The Lime Works
Organization:
German Academy for Language and Literature
Result:
受賞
Grillparzer Prize
1972
Work:
A Party for Boris
Organization:
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Result:
受賞
Bremen Literature Prize
1965
Work:
Frost
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Georg Büchner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1970) Winner
Prix Médicis
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1988) Winner
Works
Major Works
Correction
1975 NovelA perfectionist protagonist's story revolving around his mathematician brother's legacy.
DeathIsolationMadness
Translations
- English translation available
Extinction
1986 NovelMonologue about inheriting an Italian school.
DeathIllnessCritique of Austria
Translations
- English translation available
Frost
1963 NovelAn assistant searches for a painter.
ObservationBreakdown
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- Frost (1963)
- Correction (1975)
- Extinction (1986)
Translations of Works
- Translated into many languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Long monologuesRepetitionIdiosyncratic punctuation
- Recurring Motifs
- DeathIsolationIllnessMadnessSuicide
Health
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Pleurisy and Tuberculosis1949-1951Lifelong lung disease
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Sarcoidosis and heart disease1978-1989Died of heart failure
Legacy
One of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era, highly critical of Austrian culture.
Academic Societies
- International Thomas Bernhard Society
Archives
- Thomas Bernhard Research Center
Quotes
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We are Austrians, we are apathetic; we are life as crass disinterest in life...
Source: Acceptance speech (1968)
Trivia
- His will banned performances of his works in Austria for 70 years
- Supported by heiress Hedwig Stavianicek
- Grandfather was novelist Johannes Freumbichler