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Elfriede Jelinek

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The Resume

    (October 20, 1946- )
    Wrote 'Die Kavierspielerin (1983),' 'Lust (1989),' 'Die Kinder der Toten (1997)' and 'Gier (2000)'
    Laureate of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature

Why she might be annoying:

    From 1974 to 1991, she was a member of the (Stalinist) Austrian Communist Party (KPÖ).
    Although married, she lived with her abusive, paranoiac mother until the latter died, aged 97.
    She became depressed when she realized she would never fulfill her mother's aspirations and become a musical prodigy.
    An anxiety disorder caused her to drop out of college; social phobia prevented her from going to Stockholm and claiming her Nobel Prize (she videotaped her acceptance speech).
    Her work is aggressive in tone, especially towards her country.
    She is a virulent feminist.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She didn’t lead the musical career her mother planned; nonetheless, she graduated the Vienna Conservatory with a diploma in organ performance.
    Her dominated father died in a psychiatric institution.
    She became the pet peeve of Austrian far right government party (FPÖ), who called her a 'pornograph' and a 'nest fouler.' In response, she banned her plays from performance in Austria.
    She transfigured her bitchy familial background into her most well-known novel, 'The Piano Teacher.'
    Her writing is rich in metaphors and puns, and continues an Austrian polemical tradition. It won her many prizes.
    She is very active on the Internet.

Credit: Sviatoslav Mixer


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 84 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 239 Votes: 62.34% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 147 Votes: 80.95% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 100 Votes: 77.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 77.27% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 58 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 94 Votes: 71.28% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 106 Votes: 67.92% Annoying