Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ingeborg Bachmann (Austrian German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ ˈbaxman]; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by German philologist Harald Patzer.[1]
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Born | (1926-06-25)25 June 1926 Klagenfurt, Austria |
Died | 17 October 1973(1973-10-17) (aged 47) Rome, Italy |
Pen name | Ruth Keller |
Occupation | Poet, short story writer, novelist, translator, journalist |
Language | German |
Alma mater | University of Vienna (Ph.D. in Philosophy, 23 March 1950) University of Graz |
Notable works | Die gestundete Zeit (1953, "Time Deferred")
Anrufung des großen Bären (1956, "Invocation of Ursa Major") Malina (1971) |
Notable awards | Prize of the Group 47 1953 Georg Büchner Prize 1964 Anton Wildgans Prize 1971 |
Partner | Paul Celan (1950–52, 1957) Max Frisch (1958–63) |
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