This is a list of Austrian writers and 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 (died 2000), poet and writer B Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist Eduard von Bauernfeld, dramatist 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, 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, poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches D Robert Dassanowsky, Austrian-American poet Michael Denis, poet Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna Milo Dor, Austrian writer of Serbian origin E Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer, born in Vienna Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist) Gustav Ernst, playwright and novelist F Lilian Faschinger, novelist, poet, and literary translator Franzobel (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer Sigmund Freud, philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis Alfred Fried, writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911 Erich Fried, poet and novelist Egon Friedell, author, journalist and actor Marianne Fritz, 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, 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, writer Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller Fritz Hochwälder, playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary J Ernst Jandl, experimental lyric Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature K Eugenie Kain, writer, born in Linz, wrote in German Franz Kafka, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German) Ernst Kein (1928-1985), writer, born in Vienna, wrote in German Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet Egon Erwin Kisch,