!!!Aichinger, Ilse

b. Vienna, Nov. 1, 1921, writer. Being of Jewish descent was denied 
access to university until 1945. Began studying medicine, but having 
gained public acclaim with her essay "Aufruf zum Misstrauen" (in 
"Plan" 1946) suspended her studies in order to finish her 
autobiographical novel "Die groessere Hoffnung" (1948). 1949/50 worked 
as a reader for a publishing company, from 1951 in the "Gruppe 47", 
where she met her future husband, the writer G. Eich (1907-1972). 
Renowned also for her radio plays. Mistrust of language and rejection 
of both normative as well as individual perceptions of reality are 
characteristic of her work. Several international literary awards, 
Grand Austrian State Prize 1995.

!Further works
Rede unter dem Galgen, 1952 (narratives); Knoepfe, 1953 
(radio play); Zu keiner Stunde, 1957 (scenes and dialogues); Wo ich 
wohne, 1963 (narratives); Eliza, Eliza, 1965 (narratives); Auckland, 
1969 (4 radio plays); Verschenkter Rat, 1978 (poems); Kleist, Moos, 
Fasane, 1987 (short prose, narratives, memoirs). - Edition: Werke in 
8.Bdn., ed. by R. Reichensperger, 1991.

!Literature
K. Bartsch (ed.), I. A., 1993; S. Moser, I. A., 
Leben und Werk, %%sup 2/%1995.


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