List of Austrian writers

This is a list of Austrian writers, including poets.

A

Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), writer
Peter Altenberg (1859–1910), writer and poet
Jean Améry (1912–1978), writer
Ernst Angel (1894–1986), writer, poet and psychologist
Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889), writer
H. C. Artmann (1921–2000), poet and writer

B

Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet
Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist
Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), dramatist
Johann Beer (17th century), writer and composer
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), dramatist, novelist, poet, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
Edmund Blum (1874–1938)
Hermann Broch (1886–1951), writer
Max Brod (1884–1968), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, wrote in German

C

Elias Canetti (1905–1994), writer (born in Rustschuk, Bulgaria), wrote in German, Nobel Prize in Literature 1981
Veza Canetti (1897–1963) poet, playwright, and short story writer
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), literary critic and foremost historian of Literature
Paul Celan (1920–1970), poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches

D

Robert Dassanowsky (1965–2023), Austrian-American poet
Michael Denis (1729–1800), poet
Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
Milo Dor (1923–2005), Austrian writer of Serbian origin

E

Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer, born in Vienna
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), writer (style: psychological novelist)
Gustav Ernst (born 1944), playwright and novelist

F

Lilian Faschinger (born 1950), novelist, poet, and literary translator
Franzobel (born 1967) (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis
Alfred Fried (1864–1921), writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
Erich Fried (1921–1988), poet and novelist
Egon Friedell (1878–1938), author, journalist and actor
Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), writer and novelist

G

Karl-Markus Gauß (born 1954), essayist, Salzburg
Karin Gayer (born 1969), writer, Mödling and Vienna
Thomas Glavinic (born 1972), writer, Graz
Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), writer
Constantin Göttfert (born 1979), writer
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), dramatist, Vienna

H

Wolf Haas (born 1960), writer best known for his Brenner novels
Friedrich Halm (1806–1871)
Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet
Peter Handke (born 1942), author, born in Griffen (Carinthia)
Josef Haslinger (born 1955), writer
Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna
Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller
Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986), playwright
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), dramatist, writer
Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary

J

Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), experimental lyric
Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature

K

Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), writer, born in Linz, wrote in German^[1]
Franz Kafka (1883–1924), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
Ernst Kein (1928-1985), writer, born in Vienna, wrote in German
Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet
Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist
Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian
Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist
Anton Kuh (1890–1941), writer and journalist

L

Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist
Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976), writer and journalist
Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976), novelist, poet, playwright
Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet
Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), poet
Mira Lobe (1913–1995), children's literature writer
Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989)

M

Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938), writer and suffragette
Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer
Robert Menasse (born 1954), writer and publicist
Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer
Frederic Morton (1924–2015), journalist and novelist
Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist
Robert Musil (1880–1942), writer

N

Günther Nenning (1921–2006), journalist
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwright
Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), writer (especially literature for children)

O

Andreas Okopenko (1930–2010) , writer

P

Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer
Leo Perutz (1882–1957), writer
Andreas P. Pittler (born 1964), writer
Thomas Pollan (born 1971)
Ursula Poznanski (born 1968), writer

R

Doron Rabinovici (born 1961), Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist
Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), writer and dramatist
Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer
Elisabeth Reichert (born 1953), writer
Neidhart von Reuental, writer and poet 13th century
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet and novelist
Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer
Joseph Roth (1894–1939), writer (Radetzkymarsch)

S

Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), dramatist and writer
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), writer and journalist
Hamid Sadr (born 1946), author from Iran
Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi)
Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), writer
Barbara Schurz (born 1973), writer and painter
Werner Schwab (1958–1994), playwright
Erich Fritz Schweinburg (1890–1959), writer
Robert Seethaler (born 1966), writer and actor
Hans Werner Sokop (born 1942), poet and translator
Jura Soyfer (1912–1933), cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
Manès Sperber (1905–1984), Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
Fritz Spiegl (1926–2003), journalist
Walter Johannes Stein (1891–1957), historian
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), writer and philosopher
Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), poet and artist
Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Nobel Peace Prize winner

T

Franziska Tausig (1895–1989), Holocaust survivor and memoirist
Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), narrative writer, essayist, script author, born in Vienna
Georg Trakl (1887–1914), poet

V

Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), novelist, poet, children's writer

W

Franz Werfel (1890–1945), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher
Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian^[2]
Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer

Z

Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz (1790–1862), dramatist and poet
Birgit Zotz (born 1979), writer and anthropologist
Volker Zotz, writer and philosopher
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), writer, born in Vienna

References

^ "Autorin Eugenie Kain 49-jährig gestorben". Der Standard (in German). 8 January 2010.
^ "Alma S. Wittlin (1899–1992) Preliminary remarks on the life and scholarship of an Austrian émigré" (PDF). Institute of Modern Languages Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2016.

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