Elfriede Jelinek

Nobel Prize in Literature 2004

“for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power”

Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian writer and playwright. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power.

Field

Literature · Literature

Lifespan

1946–