Why Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann remains a literary icon
Key takeaways
- A new documentary featuring Sandra Hüller celebrates the Austrian poet and author who was a literary star of her era.
- They aimed to reject the heritage of the Nazi era while documenting the trauma of bombed-out cities and the country's starving population.
- But the German-language literary scene that took up these daunting issues was dominated by male authors.
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A new documentary featuring Sandra Hüller celebrates the Austrian poet and author who was a literary star of her era. She would have turned 100 this year.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fdr0Ingeborg Bachmann is iconic for her unsparing literary exploration of patriarchal structures, toxic relationships and the oppression of women in society Image: Barbara Pflaum/brandstaetter images/picture alliance Advertisement How do you put the unspeakable into words? Following the horrors of the Holocaust, this question haunted postwar German authors.
They aimed to reject the heritage of the Nazi era while documenting the trauma of bombed-out cities and the country's starving population. They explored the complexities of collective guilt and individual responsibility.