SettingsAustrian State Prize for European Literature winners
Aleksandar Tišma
Aleksandar Tišma (January 16, 1924 in Horgoš, Kanjiža – 16 February 2003 in Novi Sad) was a Serbian novelist.
Aleksandar Tišma (January 16, 1924 in Horgoš, Kanjiža – 16 February 2003 in Novi Sad) was a Serbian novelist.
Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi (; September 23, 1943 – March 25, 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Antonio Tabucchi (; September 23, 1943 – March 25, 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
António Lobo Antunes
António Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD; born 1 September 1942 is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor.
António Lobo Antunes, GCSE, MD; born 1 September 1942 is a Portuguese novelist and medical doctor.
Chinghiz Aitmatov
Chyngyz Aitmatov was a Soviet and Kyrgyz author who wrote in both Russian and Kyrgyz.
Chyngyz Aitmatov was a Soviet and Kyrgyz author who wrote in both Russian and Kyrgyz.
Claudio Magris
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Claudio Magris (b. April 10, 1939, Trieste) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.
Doris Lessing
Doris May Lessing CH is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
Doris May Lessing CH is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
Dubravka Ugrešić
Dubravka Ugrešić (born 27 March 1949) is a noted Yugoslav writer from Croatia who lives in the Netherlands.
Dubravka Ugrešić (born 27 March 1949) is a noted Yugoslav writer from Croatia who lives in the Netherlands.
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Eugène Ionesco (born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian and French playwright and dramatist, and one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt ( (5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt ( (5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist.
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a Nobel Prize-winning English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Helmut Heißenbüttel
Helmut Heißenbüttel (born in Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21 June 1921, died in Glückstadt, Germany 19 September 1996) was a German novelist and poet.
Helmut Heißenbüttel (born in Wilhelmshaven, Germany 21 June 1921, died in Glückstadt, Germany 19 September 1996) was a German novelist and poet.
Ilse Aichinger
Ilse Aichinger is an Austrian writer, who is noted for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.
Ilse Aichinger is an Austrian writer, who is noted for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Inger Christensen was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Jorge Semprún
Jorge Semprún Maura (; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French.
Jorge Semprún Maura (; 10 December 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a Spanish writer and politician who lived in France most of his life and wrote primarily in French.
Jürg Laederach
Jürg Laederach (born 20 December 1945 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer.
Jürg Laederach (born 20 December 1945 in Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer.
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.
Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Per Olov Enquist
Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is one of Sweden's internationally best known authors.
Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is one of Sweden's internationally best known authors.
Péter Nádas
Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.
Péter Nádas (born 14 October 1942) is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.
Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), (Nastaʿlīq); ; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), (Nastaʿlīq); ; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir, was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theoris...
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir, was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, political activist, feminist theoris...
Sławomir Mrożek
Sławomir Mrożek is a Polish dramatist and writer.
Sławomir Mrożek is a Polish dramatist and writer.
Tadeusz Różewicz
Tadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.
Tadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Vasko Popa
Vasko Popa (Васко Попа, June 29, 1922, Grebenac - January 5, 1991) was a Serbian poet of Romanian descent.
Vasko Popa (Васко Попа, June 29, 1922, Grebenac - January 5, 1991) was a Serbian poet of Romanian descent.
Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer, author of plays, and moralist.
Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer, author of plays, and moralist.