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Marlen Haushofer
Austrian writer (1920–1970)
Marlen Haushofer (born Marie Helene Frauendorfer; 11 April 1920 – 21 March 1970) was an Austrian author, most famous for her novel The Wall (1963).[1]
Biography
Marie Helene Frauendorfer was born in Frauenstein, Municipality Moln in Upper Austria.
She attended Catholic boarding school in Linz, and went on to study German literature in Vienna and in Graz.
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After her school years she settled in Steyr.
In 1941, she married Manfred Haushofer, a dentist, and had two sons, Christian and Manfred.[2] They divorced in 1950, only to remarry each other in 1958.
Work
Haushofer began her writing career in 1946, publishing short stories in newspapers and magazines. In 1952, she published her first book, Das fünfte Jahr, which earned her the Österreichische Förderungspreis für Literatur in 1953.
She went on to publish her first novel, A Handful of Life in 1955, and in 1956, she won the Theodor Körner Prize for