Thomas Bernhard

Thomas Bernhard was born in Holland in 1931 and grew up in Austria. He is increasingly regarded as the major European writer of his generation. He died in 1989.

Bernhard received several literary awards, including Österreichische Staatspreis für Literatur (1967), the Anton-Wildgans-Preis der Österreichischen Indistrie (1967), the Georg-Büchner-Preis (1970), the Franz-Theodor-Csokor-Preis (1972). ‘I always was a free person, I receive no stipend and I write my books in a completely natural way, according to my lifestyle, which is guaranteed different from all those people’s,’ Bernhard said in an interview. Discover more at Thomasbernhard.org.

Stephen Mitchelmore reflects on Thomas Bernhard’s work on the tenth anniversary of the writer’s death.

In an interview from 1986, the late Austrian author Thomas Bernhard discusses the musicality of language, the eroticism of old men and the incurability of stupidity.

Frances Wilson talks to Notting Hill Editions about Thomas Bernhard, his life and his prizes. View here.

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My Prizes