writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German) Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist Ludwig von Köchel, writer, composer, botanist, music historian Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist Anton Kuh, writer and journalist L Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist Alexander Lernet-Holenia, novelist, poet, playwright Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), poet Mira Lobe (1913–1995), children's literature writer Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) M Rosa Mayreder, writer and suffragette Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer Robert Menasse, writer and publicist Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer Frederic Morton (born 1924), journalist and novelist Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist Robert Musil, writer N Günther Nenning, journalist Johann Nestroy, playwright Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children) O Andreas Okopenko, writer P Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer Leo Perutz, writer Andreas P. Pittler (born 1964), writer Thomas Pollan (born 1971) Ursula Poznanski (born 1968), writer R Doron Rabinovici, Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist Ferdinand Raimund, writer and dramatist Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer Elisabeth Reichert Neidhart von Reuental, writer and poet 13th century Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer Joseph Roth, writer (Radetzkymarsch) S Ferdinand von Saar (19th century), dramatist and writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer and journalist Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi) Arthur Schnitzler, writer Barbara Schurz, writer and painter Werner Schwab, playwright Erich Fritz Schweinburg, writer Robert Seethaler, writer and actor Jura Soyfer, cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna Manès Sperber, Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist Fritz Spiegl, journalist Walter Johannes Stein, historian Rudolf Steiner, writer and philosopher Adalbert Stifter (died 1868), poet and artist Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize winner T Franziska Tausig, Holocaust survivor and memoirist Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), narrative writer, essayist, script author, born in Vienna Georg Trakl, poet V Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), novelist, poet, children's writer W Franz Werfel, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German) Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer Z Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz, 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 Writers Austrians