Anna Mitgutsch

Anna Mitgutsch (born 2 October 1948) is an Austrian writer and educator. Her name also appears as Waltraud Anna Mitgutsch.

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 She lives in Linz and divides her time between that city and Boston. 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 [u.a.]. 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 (Claassen), 1985; dtv. 1987: Three daughters. New York, Harcourt Brace Janovanovich. 1988: Punishment. London, Virago. 1986: Das andere Gesicht. Roman. Düsseldorf (Claassen); dtv 1989: Ausgrenzung. Roman. Frankfurt am Main (Luchterhand) 1992: In fremden Städten. Roman. Hamburg (Luchterhand) 1995: In foreign cities. Riverside, Ariadne. 1995: Abschied von Jerusalem. Roman. Berlin (Rowohlt Berlin). dtv 1997: Lover, traitor a Jerusalem story. New York (Metropolitan/Holt). 1999: Erinnern und erfinden. Grazer Vorlesungen. Graz (Droschl). 2000: Haus der Kindheit. Roman. München (Luchterhand) 2006: House of childhood. New York, Other Press. 2003: Familienfest. Roman. München (Luchterhand); btb 2007: Zwei Leben und ein Tag. Roman. München (Luchterhand) ; btb 2010: Wenn du wiederkommst. Roman. München (Luchterhand) ISBN 978-3-641-04345-2; btb 2013: Die Grenzen der Sprache. An den Rändern des Schweigens. Essays. In:Unruhe bewahren. Residenz-Verlag (St. Pölten). 2013: Die Welt, die Rätsel bleibt. Essays. München (Luchterhand) 2016: Die Annäherung. Roman. München (Luchterhand) ; btb 2018 2024: Unzustellbare Briefe. Erzählungen. München (Luchterhand)

Awards Brüder-Grimm-Preis der Stadt Hanau (1985) Cultural Prize of the State of Upper Austria (1986) Prize of the city of Bozen (1990) Anton Wildgans Prize (1992) Prize of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Literature and Art (1995) Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der Stadt Linz für Verdienste um die Kultur (2019) Adalbert Stifter Prize Source:

Honorary doctorates 2015 Honorary doctorate of the University of Salzburg