Austrians & Their Writings

German-language Literature
from Austria and Austria-Hungary 

For an overview  »»» read Spotlight on Austrian Literature

Reviewed Books

• Ilse Aichinger: Die größere Hoffnung (1948), translated into English as The Greater Hope, earlier also as Herod's Children
• Ingeborg Bachmann: Briefe an Felician (1946/1991), translated into English as Letters to Felician
• Vicki Baum: The Christmas Carp (1941), translated into German as Der Weihnachtskarpfen
• Thomas Bernhard: Alte Meister (1985), translated into English as Old Masters
• Elias Canetti: Die Blendung (1935), translated into English as Auto da Fé
• Veza Canetti: Die gelbe Straße (1934/1990), translated into English as Yellow Street
• Milena Michiko Flašar: Ich nannte ihn Krawatte (2012), translated into English as I Called Him Necktie
• Viktor E. Frankl: ... trotzdem Ja zum Leben Sagen. Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager (1946), translated into English as Man's Search for Meaning
• Barbara Frischmuth: Die Klosterschule (1968), translated into English as The Convent School
• Evelyn Grill: Winterquartier (1993), translated into English as Winter Quarters
• Paula Grogger: Das Grimmingtor (1926), translated into English as The Door in the Grimming
• Erich Hackl: Die Hochzeit von Auschwitz (2002), translated into English as The Wedding in Auschwitz
• Maja Haderlap: Engel des Vergessens (2011), translated into English as Angel of Oblivion
• Peter Handke: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied (1972), translated into English as Short Letter, Long Farewell 
• Marlen Haushofer: Die Wand (1963), translated into English as The Wall
  --, Die Tapetentür (1957), translated into English as The Jib Door (short review on Lagraziana's Kalliopeion)
• Franz Innerhofer: Schöne Tage (1975), translated into English as Beautiful Days
• Elfriede Jelinek: Die Liebhaberinnen (1975), translated into English as Women as Lovers
• Else Jerusalem: Der heilige Skarabäus (1908), translated into English as The Red House
• Daniel Kehlmann: Die Vermessung der Welt (2005), translated into English as Measuring the World
• Anna Kim: Anatomie einer Nacht (2012), translated into English as Anatomy of a Night
• Alfred Kubin: Die andere Seite. Ein phantastischer Roman (1909), translated into English as The Other Side
• Eva Menasse: Vienna (2005), published in English under the same title
• Leo Perutz: Wohin rollst du, Äpfelchen... (1928), translated into English as Little Apple, earlier also as Where Will You Fall?
• Julya Rabinowich: Spaltkopf (2008), translated into English as Splithead
• Peter Rosegger: Erdsegen (1900), translated into English as The Earth and the Fullness Thereof
• Josef Roth: Radetzkymarsch (1932), translated into English as The Radetzky March
• Kurban Said: Ali und Nino (1937), translated into English as Ali and Nino
• Robert Schneider: Schlafes Bruder (1992), translated into English as Brother of Sleep
• Arthur Schnitzler: Fräulein Else (1924), published in English under the same title
• Brigitte Schwaiger: Wie kommt das Salz ins Meer? (1977), translated into English as Why Is There Salt in the Sea?
• Annemarie Selinko: Désirée (1951), published in English under the same title 
• Clemens J. Setz: Indigo (2012), published in English under the same title
• Friedrich Torberg: Der Schüler Gerber (1930), translated into English as Young Gerber
• Peter Truschner: Schlangenkind (2001), translated into English as Serpent's Child
• Franz Werfel: Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh (1933), translated into English as The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
• Katharina Winkler: Blauschmuck (2016), translated into English as Blue Jewellery
• Countess Zanardi Landi: The Secret of an Empress (1914), not available in German translation
• Stefan Zweig: Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau (1926), translated into English as Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
  --, Romain Rolland. Der Mann und das Werk (1921), translated into English as Romain Rolland. The Man and His Work (short review on Lagraziana's Kalliopeion)
  --, Brief einer Unbekannten (1922), translated into English as Letter from an Unknown Woman (short review on Lagraziana's Kalliopeion)

Portrayed Authors

• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973)
• Veza Canetti (1897-1963)
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916)
• Robert Musil (1880-1942) 
• Joseph Roth (1894-1939) 
• Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914)

Poetry Revisited

• Friedrich Adler (1857-1938): Das lesende Kind – The Reading Child (1885)
• Else Asenjeff (1867-1941): Traumesnähe – Dream Vicinity (1913) 
• Gabriele von Baumberg (1768-1829): Die Zeit – Time (1800)
• Ada Christen (1839-1901): Ein Aufatmen – A Deep Breath (1870) 
• Marie Eugenie Delle Grazie (1864-1931): Herbststimmung – Autumn Mood (1882)
• Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-1694): Frülings-Lied – Spring Song (1662)
• Anastasius Grün (1806-1876): Der Ring – The Ring (1837)
• Maria Janitschek (1859-1927): Ein Jahr – A Year (1895)
• Sophie von Khuenberg (1863-1937): Winterstimmung – Winter Mood (1897)
• Karl Kraus (1874-1936): Versuch der Erinnerung – Attempt at Remembrance (1930)
• Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850): Die drei Zigeuener – The Three Gipsies (1837/38)
• Betty Paoli (1814-1894): Frühlingsahnung – Presentiment of Spring (1850)
• Caroline Pichler (1769-1843): Die Abendglocke auf dem Berge – The Evening Bell on the Mountain (1822) 
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926): Advent – Advent (1898) 
• Peter Rosegger (1843-1918): Auch der andere, der bist du – The Other, Too, Is You (1911)
• Marie Rudofsky (1869-1946): Ostern – Easter (1915)
• Georg Trakl (1887-1914): Im Winter – In Winter (1913) 
• Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802-1866): Frühlingsgruß – Spring Greeting (1835) 
• Anton Wildgans (1881-1932):Genius des Herbstes – Genius of Autumn (1929)