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Oct 17, 2006 · Thomas Bernhard was one of the most original writers of the twentieth century. His formal innovation ranks with Beckett and Kafka, his outrageously cantankerous voice recalls Dostoevsky, but his gift for lacerating, lyrical, provocative prose is incomparably his own.One of Bernhard's most acclaimed novels, The Loser centers on a fictional relationship between piano virtuoso Glenn Gould and two ...
Jun 25, 2019 · “I: how firm a letter; how reassuring the three strokes: one vertical, proud and assertive, and then the two short horizontal lines in quick, smug succession,” the adolescent Sylvia Plath wrote in her diary as she contemplated free will and what makes us who we are.
Jun 7, 2021 · In a characteristically bleak 1986 interview with Asta Scheib only a few years before his early death, Thomas Bernhard observed, “One always depends on people.
Jan 11, 2007 · 1. The many novels and plays of Thomas Bernhard, at his death in 1989 Austria’s most prominent and controversial writer, achieve their full impact and are properly understood only within the context of the author’s native culture and language.
Thomas Bernhard syntyi aviottoman suhteen seurauksena Alankomaissa vuonna 1931. Bernhardin isä, itävaltalainen puuseppä Alois Zuckerstätter, ei osallistunut lapsensa kasvattamiseen, [3] niinpä Thomas Bernhardin kasvattivat hänen äitinsä Herta Bernhard ja äidin avioiduttua tämän puoliso Emil Fabjan.
Thomas Bernhard (BEHRN-hahrt) published at a prolific pace after the appearance of his first book, a volume of poems, in 1957. In addition to his novels, he wrote several volumes of poetry as well ...
Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) grew up in Salzburg and Vienna, where he studied music. In 1957 he began a second career as a playwright, poet, and novelist. He went on to win many of the most prestigious literary prizes of Europe (including the Austrian State Prize, the Bremen and Brüchner prizes, and Le Prix Séguier), became one of the most widely admired writers of his generation, and insisted ...
