Stories From Around the World - Austria

This month's choice comes from Albert and we are expoloring Austrian literature. He has recommended Ingeborg Bachmann, an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century and was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her 100th birthday falls on 25 June, it is also fitting to remember her now.

During her lifetime, Ingeborg Bachmann was known mostly for her two collections of poetry, Die gestundete Zeit ("Time Deferred") and Anrufung des Grossen Bären ("Invocation of Ursa Major"). In her novel Der Fall Franza (The Case of Franza) Bachmann argued that fascism had not died in Protected content had survived in the German speaking world of the Protected content in human relations and particularly in men's oppression of women. She has also written several radio plays.

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