Elfriede Jelinek
Author · 45 books
Elfriede Jelinek, born in 1946 in Mürzzuschlag, Styria, and raised in Vienna, is an Austrian writer. She studied music and composition as well as theatre studies and art history. Her major works include the novels “The Piano Teacher” and “Children of the Dead,” along with numerous plays. Her literary and dramatic work received several awards, including the Georg Büchner Prize and the Franz Kafka Prize. In 2004, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.