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Elfriede Jelinek

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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I do not fight against men, but against the system that is sexist.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I do not want to have the feeling of writing "for eternity," so to speak.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language.


— Elfriede Jelinek


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Did you know about Elfriede Jelinek?

Eine Komödie (Service Area or They're All Doing It. Women as Lovers (1994) translation of Die Liebhaberinnen by Martin Chalmers. Jelinek's novel The Piano Teacher was the basis for the 2001 film of the same title by Austrian director Michael Haneke with French actress Isabelle Huppert as the protagonist.

Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʀiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. ".

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