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Thomas Bernhard

1931 - 1989

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Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (German: [ˈtoːmas ˈbɛʁnhaʁt]; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era. He explored themes of death, isolation, obsession and illness in controversial literature that was pessimistic about the human condition and highly critical of post-war Austrian and European culture. He developed a distinctive prose style often featuring multiple perspectives on characters and events, idiosyncratic vocabulary and punctuation, and long monologues by protagonists on the verge of insanity. Born in the Netherlands to his unwed Austrian mother, for much of his childhood he lived with his maternal grandparents in Austria and in boarding homes in Austria and Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Bernhard is the 463rd most popular writer (down from 414th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 46th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Writer.

Thomas Bernhard is most famous for his novels, which are often satirical and pessimistic, and his poetry.

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Among writers, Thomas Bernhard ranks 463 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriela Mistral, Ahmad Yasawi, Baldassare Castiglione, Dan Brown, Samuel Butler, and Statius. After him are Alejandro Jodorowsky, Harper Lee, Mahmoud Darwish, Eugene O'Neill, Alessandro Manzoni, and Charles, Duke of Orléans.

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Among people born in 1931, Thomas Bernhard ranks 21. Before him are Riccardo Giacconi, Philip Kotler, Leslie Caron, Roger Penrose, Anita Ekberg, and Desmond Tutu. After him are Monica Vitti, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Josef Masopust, Don King, and Sofia Gubaidulina. Among people deceased in 1989, Thomas Bernhard ranks 29. Before him are Osamu Tezuka, Dolores Ibárruri, Silvana Mangano, Vladimir Horowitz, Hu Yaobang, and Sándor Márai. After him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Michel Aflaq, John Hicks, Daphne du Maurier, Hermann Oberth, and William Shockley.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Thomas Bernhard ranks 57 out of 1,646. Before him are Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Ruud Gullit (1962), Frits Zernike (1888), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), and Tobias Asser (1838). After him are Paul Verhoeven (1938), Rem Koolhaas (1944), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Frank Rijkaard (1962), and Theo van Doesburg (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Thomas Bernhard ranks 2. Before him are Isabelle de Charrière (1740). After him are Multatuli (1820), Harry Mulisch (1927), Etty Hillesum (1914), Robert van Gulik (1910), Constantijn Huygens (1596), Cees Nooteboom (1933), Dick Bruna (1927), Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), and Cornelis Tromp (1629).

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