Friederike Mayröcker

Austrian poet

Friederike Mayröcker (20 December 1924 – 4 June 2021) was an Austrian poet. She was born in Vienna. She was known as one of Austria's most well known poets.[1]

Mayröcker in May 2015
Mayröcker in November 1974

Death change

Mayröcker died on 4 June 2021 aged 96, in Vienna.[2]

Works change

  • Gesammelte Prosa 1949-2001 (collected prose) ed. by Klaus Reichert, 5 volumes, Frankfurt/Main 2001
  • Magische Blätter I-V (magic pages I-V), Frankfurt/Main 2001
  • Requiem für Ernst Jandl (requiem for Ernst Jandl), Frankfurt/Main 2001
  • Mein Arbeitstirol - Gedichte 1996-2001 (my working Tyrol – poems), Frankfurt/Main 2003
  • Die kommunizierenden Gefäße (the communicating vessels) Frankfurt/Main 2003
  • Sinclair Sofokles der Baby-Saurier (Sinclair Sofokles the baby-dinosaur) with coloured illustrations by Angelika Kaufmann, St. Pölten 2004
  • Gesammelte Gedichte 1939-2003 (collected poems) ed. by Marcel Beyer, Frankfurt/Main 2005
  • Und ich schüttelte einen Liebling (and I shook a darling), Frankfurt/Main 2005
  • Pathos und Schwalbe, Frankfurt/Main 2018.

References change

  1. "Friederike Mayröcker ist tot: Österreichische Schriftstellerin mit 96 Jahren gestorben". Der Spiegel (in German). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. "Schriftstellerin: Friederike Mayröcker ist tot". Die Zeit (in German). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

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