List of Austrian writers

This is a list of Austrian writers, including poets.

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 (1921–2000), poet and writer

B

• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet
• Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
• Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist
• Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), dramatist
• Konrad Bayer (1932–1964), writer and poet
• 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 (1886–1951), 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 (1920–1970), poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
• Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches

D

• Robert Dassanowsky (1965–2023), Austrian-American poet
• Michael Denis (1729–1800), poet
• Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
• Milo Dor (1923–2005), Austrian writer of Serbian origin
• Albert Drach (1902–1995), novelist, playwright, memoirist

E

• Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer, born in Vienna
• Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), writer (style: psychological novelist)
• Gustav Ernst (born 1944), playwright and novelist

F

• Lilian Faschinger (born 1950), novelist, poet, and literary translator
• Franzobel (born 1967) (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
• Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis
• Alfred Fried (1864–1921), writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
• Erich Fried (1921–1988), poet and novelist
• Egon Friedell (1878–1938), author, journalist and actor
• Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), 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 (born 1960), 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 (born 1955), writer
• Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), writer
• Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna
• Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller
• Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986), playwright
• Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), dramatist, writer
• Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary

J

• Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), experimental lyric
• Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature

K

• Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), writer, born in Linz, wrote in German
• Franz Kafka (1883–1924), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• (1928-1985), writer, born in Vienna, wrote in German
• Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet
• Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist
• Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist
• Hertha Kräftner (1928–1951), essayist, poet and storyteller, born in Vienna, wrote in German
• Anton Kuh (1890–1941), writer and journalist

L

• Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist
• Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976), writer and journalist
• Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976), novelist, poet, playwright
• Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet
• Cvetka LipuÅ¡ (born 1966), poet
• Mira Lobe (1913–1995), children's literature writer
• Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989)

M

• Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938), writer and suffragette
• Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer
• Robert Menasse (born 1954), writer and publicist
• Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer
• Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948), writer
• Frederic Morton (1924–2015), journalist and novelist
• Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist
• Robert Musil (1880–1942), writer

N

• Günther Nenning (1921–2006), journalist
• Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwright
• Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), writer (especially literature for children)

O

• Andreas Okopenko (1930–2010), writer

P

• Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer
• Leo Perutz (1882–1957), writer
• Andreas P. Pittler (born 1964), writer
• Thomas Pollan (born 1971)
• Ursula Poznanski (born 1968), writer

R

• Doron Rabinovici (born 1961), Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist
• Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), writer and dramatist
• Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer
• Elisabeth Reichert (born 1953), writer
• Neidhart von Reuental (c. 1190 – c. 1240), writer and poet 13th century
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet and novelist
• Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer
• Joseph Roth (1894–1939), writer (Radetzkymarsch)

S

• Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), dramatist and writer
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), writer and journalist
• Hamid Sadr (born 1946), author from Iran
• Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi)
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), writer
• Barbara Schurz (born 1973), writer and painter
• Werner Schwab (1958–1994), playwright
• Erich Fritz Schweinburg (1890–1959), writer
• Robert Seethaler (born 1966), writer and actor
• Hans Werner Sokop (born 1942), poet and translator
• Jura Soyfer (1912–1933), cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
• Manès Sperber (1905–1984), Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
• Fritz Spiegl (1926–2003), journalist
• Walter Johannes Stein (1891–1957), historian
• Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), writer and philosopher
• Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), poet and artist
• Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Nobel Peace Prize winner

T

• Franziska Tausig (1895–1989), Holocaust survivor and memoirist
• Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), narrative writer, essayist, script author, born in Vienna
• Georg Trakl (1887–1914), poet

V

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

W

• Franz Werfel (1890–1945), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher
• Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian
• Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer

Z

• Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz (1790–1862), dramatist and poet
• Birgit Zotz (born 1979), writer and anthropologist
• Volker Zotz, writer and philosopher
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), writer, born in Vienna

References

See also

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