List of Austrian writers

This is a list of Austrian writers and poets.

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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 (died 2000), poet and writer

B

• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet
• Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
• Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist
• Eduard von Bauernfeld, 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, 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, poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
• Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches

D

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

E

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

F

• Lilian Faschinger, novelist, poet, and literary translator
• Franzobel (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
• Sigmund Freud, philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis
• Alfred Fried, writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
• Erich Fried, poet and novelist
• Egon Friedell, author, journalist and actor
• Marianne Fritz, 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, 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, writer
• Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna
• Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller
• Fritz Hochwälder, playwright
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer
• Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary

J

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

K

• Eugenie Kain, writer, born in Linz, wrote in German
• Franz Kafka, 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, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist
• Ludwig von Köchel, writer, composer, botanist, music historian
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist
• Anton Kuh, writer and journalist

L

• Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist
• Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976), writer and journalist
• Alexander Lernet-Holenia, 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, writer and suffragette
• Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer
• Robert Menasse, writer and publicist
• Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer
• Frederic Morton (born 1924), journalist and novelist
• Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist
• Robert Musil, writer

N

• Günther Nenning, journalist
• Johann Nestroy, playwright
• Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children)

O

• Andreas Okopenko, writer

P

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

R

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

S

• Ferdinand von Saar (19th century), dramatist and writer
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer and journalist
• Hamid Sadr, author from Iran
• Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi)
• Arthur Schnitzler, writer
• Barbara Schurz, writer and painter
• Werner Schwab, playwright
• Erich Fritz Schweinburg, writer
• Robert Seethaler, writer and actor
• Hans Werner Sokop, poet and translator
• Jura Soyfer, cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
• Manès Sperber, Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
• Fritz Spiegl, journalist
• Walter Johannes Stein, historian
• Rudolf Steiner, writer and philosopher
• Adalbert Stifter (died 1868), poet and artist
• Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize winner

T

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

V

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

W

• Franz Werfel, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
• Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian
• Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer

Z

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

See also

• List of Austrian women writers
• List of Austrians
• Lists of authors