Elfriede Jelinek, Die Klavierspielerin [The Piano Player]

Linda C. DeMeritt (Allegheny College)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1983

Places

Austria (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Upon publication of her novel Die Klavierspielerin [The Piano Player, 1983, English translation 1988], Elfriede Jelinek became an overnight sensation and star of the literary feuilletons in Austria. Perhaps her best known work still today and certainly her most autobiographical one, the novel catapulted the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate into the limelight of controversy and notoriety in her home country, with the glare of that publicity helping to create an ever-widening circle of national and international critical attention. In 2001, the film version of the novel, directed by Michael Haneke and starring Isabelle Huppert, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival where it won three major …

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Citation: DeMeritt, Linda C.. "Die Klavierspielerin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 October 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=19697, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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