Ilse Aichinger
Ilse Aichinger was an Austrian writer, radio playwright, poet and novelist (1921–2016). She was born in Vienna.
Ilse Aichinger

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- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2016
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- writer · radio playwright · poet · novelist
- Known for
- Story in Reverse · The Greater Hope · Eliza Eliza
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Ilse Aichinger was an Austrian writer, radio playwright, poet and novelist (1921–2016). She was born in Vienna.
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Ilse Aichinger worked in literature, prose, poetry and radio drama. She was employed by S. She belonged to Group 47, Academy of Arts, Berlin, German Academy for Language and Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and PEN Germany. She worked at Vienna, Ulm, Großgmain and Geisenhausen.
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1921
Ilse Aichinger was born in 1921.
1970
Auckland – Ilse Aichinger (1970) (1970) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2002
Blitzlichter - Ilse Aichinger (2002) (2003) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2010
Die Schwester von Rimbaud hieß Natalie is dated 2010.
2016
Ilse Aichinger died at Vienna.
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- Ilse Aichinger und Jean Améry. Poetiken der Unversöhnlichkeit, Konstellationen österreichischer Literatur: Ilse Aichinger, 2023
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Ilse Aichinger und Jean Améry. Poetiken der Unversöhnlichkeit, Konstellationen österreichischer Literatur: Ilse Aichinger, 2023Crossref registry
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Her recorded language was German. She was the child of Ludwig Aichinger and Berta Aichinger. She married Günter Eich. 2 children are recorded: Clemens Eich and Mirjam Eich. Formation and teaching. Aichinger studied at Gymnasium Sacre Coeur Wien, Ursulinenkloster Wien and University of Vienna. Her recorded influences include Günter Eich, Franz Kafka, Ingeborg Bachmann, Virginia Woolf and Joseph Conrad. Aichinger received Anton Wildgans Prize, Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature, Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize, Nelly Sachs Prize, Immermann-Preis and Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts. Recorded as writer, radio playwright, poet and novelist.
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Die Schwester von Rimbaud hieß Natalie
2010
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