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Something wrong?Ilse Aichinger was an Austrian Jewish writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry. She wrote poems, short stories and radio plays, and won multiple European literary prizes.
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2016Died11 November 20162002Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und HandelnAward1996Austrian State Prize for European LiteratureAward1995Grand Austrian State Prize for LiteratureAward1991Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine ArtsAwardManès-Sperber-PreisAward1984Günter Eich PrizeAwardMarie Luise Kaschnitz PrizeAward1979Franz Nabl PrizeAward1975Roswitha PrizeAward1974City of Vienna Literature PrizeAward1971Nelly Sachs PrizeAward1955Immermann-PreisAwardLiteraturpreis der Stadt BremenAward1952Austrian Promotional Prize for LiteratureAward1921Born1 November 1921
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Lived 1921 to 2016 · aged 95
In common with Ilse
Ernst JüngerBoth received Immermann-Preis
Daniel KehlmannBoth received Austrian Promotional Prize for Literature
Sławomir MrożekBoth received Franz-Kafka-Preis
Rafik SchamiBoth received Nelly Sachs Prize
Friederike MayröckerBoth received Roswitha PrizeMarlen HaushoferBoth received Austrian Promotional Prize for LiteratureFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.