Anna Mitgutsch


Anna Mitgutsch is an Austrian writer and educator. Her name also appears as Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch.
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Biography

She was born in Linz and studied German and English literature at the University of Salzburg. Originally a Roman Catholic, Mitgutsch converted to Judaism and worked on a kibbutz in Israel. She taught at the Institute for American Studies at the University of Innsbruck and, after going to England, at the University of Hull and University of East Anglia. Next, She taught for a year in Seoul, South Korea and then at colleges and universities in the United States from 1979 until 1985, when Mitgutsch returned to Austria. She lives in Linz and divides her time between that city and Boston.
Her first novel was Three Daughters, followed by The Other Face in 1986. In 1989, she published Exclusion and, in 1992, In Foreign Cities. Her novels deal with individuals facing difficulties in becoming part of a society that is indifferent or antagonistic to them. Her work also explores the connections between the present and the past. Several of her novels have been translated into English. Mitgutsch's novels often make the reader feel uncomfortable.

Selected works

  • 1974: Zur Lyrik von Ted Hughes. Diss. Phil., Salzburg.
  • 1980: On poets & poetry: second series. With Joseph L. Schneider and Anita Weinzinger. Salzburg.
  • 1980: Metamorphical gaps and negation in the poetry of W.S. Merwin, Mark Strand and Charles Simic. The immigrant experience in Pnin and Mr. Sammler's planet. With Joseph L. Schneider . Salzburg.The image of the female in D. H. Lawrence’s poetry. With James Hoff. Salzburg.On poetry & poetry, third series. With James Hoff, Salzburg.Die Züchtigung. Roman. Düsseldorf, 1985; dtv.
  • * 1987: Three daughters. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovanovich.
  • * 1988: Punishment. London, Virago.
  • 1986: Das andere Gesicht. Roman. Düsseldorf ; dtv
  • 1989: Ausgrenzung. Roman. Frankfurt am Main
  • 1992: In fremden Städten. Roman. Hamburg
  • * 1995: In foreign cities. Riverside, Ariadne.
  • 1995: Abschied von Jerusalem. Roman. Berlin. dtv
  • * 1997: Lover, traitor a Jerusalem story. New York.
  • 1999: Erinnern und erfinden. Grazer Vorlesungen. Graz.
  • 2000: Haus der Kindheit. Roman. München
  • * 2006: House of childhood. New York, Other Press.
  • 2003: Familienfest. Roman. München ; btb
  • 2007: Zwei Leben und ein Tag. Roman. München ; btb
  • 2010: Wenn du wiederkommst. Roman. München ISBN 978-3-641-04345-2; btb
  • 2013: Die Grenzen der Sprache. An den Rändern des Schweigens. Essays. In:Unruhe bewahren. Residenz-Verlag.
  • 2013: Die Welt, die Rätsel bleibt. Essays. München
  • 2016: Die Annäherung. Roman. München ; btb 2018
  • 2024: Unzustellbare Briefe. Erzählungen. München

Awards

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Honorary doctorates